| A Study on Parents' Drinking Behaviors and the Mental Health of Their Adolescent Offsprings |
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Myung-Sun Hyun1, Kyoung A Nam2, Myung A Kim3 |
1Associate Professor, College of Nursing Science, Ajou University
2Associate Professor, Division of Nursing. College of Medicine, Hallym University
3Assistant Professor, Division of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pochon Cha University |
| 부모의 문제음주 행위와 청소년 자녀의 정신건강 |
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현명선1, 남경아2, 김명3 |
1아주대학교 간호대학 부교수
2한림대학교 의과대학 간호학과 부교수
3포천중문의과대학교 의과대학 간호학과 부교수 |
Correspondence:
Myung-Sun Hyun, Tel: 82-31-219-7014, Fax: 82-31-219-7020,
Email: mhyun@ajou.ac.kr
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Received: 25 August 2008 • Revised: 3 October 2008 • Accepted: 3 December 2008 |
| Abstract |
Purpose
This present study was conducted to investigate the mental health of adolescent offsprings affected by their parent's drinking behavior.
Methods
The subjects were collected by convenient sampling comprised of 317 first grade middle school boys and girls. The instruments of the study were the Korean Version of the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test(CAST-K) originally developed by Jones(1983) and modified for Koreans to classify adolescents according to their parents' drinking behaviors and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revision(SCL-90-R) originally developed by Derogatis(1977) to assess the mental health of adolescents.
Results
Subjects were classified into three groups; Nondrinking-parents group(40.8%), Social drinking-parents group(34.5%), and Problem drinking-parents group(24.7%). Adolescents whose parents were problem drinkers had significantly higher scores on all the subcategories of SCL-90-R than those whose parents were nondrinkers. Adolescents whose parents were problem drinkers and social drinkers had significantly higher scores on the anxiety sub-scale of SCL-90-R than those whose parents were nondrinkers.
Conclusion
This study revealed that drinking behaviors of parents affected the mental health of their adolescent offspring. Further studies to exam the long-term effects of parents' drinking on the offsprings' health and to develop intervention studies for promoting mental health are suggested. |
| Key Words:
Adolescent; Mental health; Parent; Drinking behavior |
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