Attitudes of Mothers Impact Future Drinking

The following comes courtesy of Council On Alcoholism and Addiction of the Finger Lakes

Mothers who exhibit positive thoughts regarding their children's future alcohol use may help teens avoid drinking -- but mothers' negative thinking could have the opposite result. That's according to a new Iowa State University study. Said lead author Stephanie Madon, an ISU associate professor of psychology, "When mothers overestimated their teens' future use of alcohol, the teens developed the self-view that they were likely to drink alcohol in the future, which ultimately led them to drink more." The study was recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

This research is particularly relevant to children from alcoholic families.

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