Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Alcohol Use: The Mediating Role of Parental and Peer Influences

Rebecca Bucci; Jeremy Staff; Jennifer L. Maggs; Lorah D. Dorn

doi:10.1111/cdev.13569

Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Alcohol Use: The Mediating Role of Parental and Peer Influences

Rebecca Bucci, Jeremy Staff, Jennifer L. Maggs, Lorah D. Dorn

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Using intergenerational, prospective data at ages 9 months, 7, 11, and 14 years from the nationally representative United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study, this interdisciplinary study unpacks why 14-year-old adolescents with early perceived pubertal timing (PT) were more likely to drink alcohol (ever, frequent, and binge drinking) compared to those whose PT was on-time or late (5,757 girls, 5,799 boys; 80% White, 10% Asian, 3% Black, and 7% Other British). Parents allowed drinking among 22% (18%) of early PT girls (boys) compared to 11% of late PT adolescents; formal mediation models showed differences by PT in parent permissiveness and gains in alcohol-using friends primarily explained age 14 PT-drinking associations. Parental alcohol permissiveness should be a key prevention target for early PT adolescents.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e1017-e1037
Journal	Child development
Volume	92
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13569
State	Published - Sep 1 2021

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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