Title:
The role of self-esteem as a mediator of the relation between parenting styles and problem drinking among college students
Author:
Kimberly A. Douchis
Thesis Advisor:
L. Mickey Fenzel
Committee Member:
Charles T. LoPresto
Committee Member:
Jenny Lowry
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2001
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The goal of the present study was to establish a better understanding of the extent to which parenting styles and self-esteem were related to the development of binge drinking behaviors and problems associated with drinking in late adolescence. The main hypotheses of the study were that self-esteem would mediate the relations between parental control and warmth and both binge drinking and problems associated with drinking. These relations were examined among 483 undergraduate students attending a private, parochial college on the East Coast. Results showed that neither parenting styles nor self-esteem were related to binge drinking frequency and, therefore, a mediator relation between the variables was not established. These findings suggest that binge drinking is a normative behavior among this sample of students and that parenting styles may not have an effect on self-esteem and drinking behaviors among older students living away from home. Both parental warmth and control were found to be related to the number of problems associated with drinking. While self-esteem was not found to be related to parental control, it was found to be related to parental warmth and to mediate the relation between parental warmth and problems associated with drinking. These findings suggest that parental warmth may be an important factor in the development and maintenance of self-esteem and in problems associated with drinking among college students. The family socialization theory lends support for two possible temporal explanations of the relations between parental warmth, self-esteem, and problems associated with drinking. The development of college programs incorporating parents in both primary and secondary interventions were suggested. Limitations of the present study and additional areas for future directions were discussed.
Subject:
Self-esteem
Subject:
College students--Alcohol use
Subject:
Parent and teenager
Subject:
Parenting
Subject:
College students--Psychology
Degree:
Master of Arts
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
DouchisKA-01
