TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol-related cognitions in children (aged 2-10) and how they are shaped by parental alcohol use
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Voogt, Carmen
AU - Beusink, Miriam
AU - Kleinjan, Marloes
AU - Otten, Roy
AU - Engels, Rutger
AU - Smit, Koen
AU - Kuntsche, Emmanuel
N1 - Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: This systematic review aims to summarize the evidence of the impact of parental alcohol use on the acquisition of children's alcohol-related cognitions (alcohol-related knowledge, alcohol-related norms, alcohol expectancies) in the developmental period from age two to ten.METHODS: A computer-assisted systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, PsychINFO, ERIC, and EMBASE. Overall, 20 out of the 3406 unique articles identified in the first screening were included.RESULTS: The results revealed that children acquire knowledge about alcohol already at age two and from age four on, they understand its use in adult culture. By the age of four, children have certain alcohol expectancies. The evidence of the impact of parental alcohol use on the acquisition of children's alcohol-related cognitions is inconsistent so far with studies showing positive and no effects. Unfortunately, the existing evidence is limited because most studies a) were conducted exclusively in the United States and more than two decades ago, b) used cross-sectional study designs, and c) used non-representative samples recruited using convenience sampling strategies.CONCLUSIONS: Research on children's alcohol-related cognitions is underdeveloped. To elucidate the conclusions about alcohol involvement in early life, studies with longitudinal study designs need to be conducted among representative samples of children and early adolescents by using age-appropriate measurement tools in a broader cultural context.
AB - BACKGROUND: This systematic review aims to summarize the evidence of the impact of parental alcohol use on the acquisition of children's alcohol-related cognitions (alcohol-related knowledge, alcohol-related norms, alcohol expectancies) in the developmental period from age two to ten.METHODS: A computer-assisted systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, PsychINFO, ERIC, and EMBASE. Overall, 20 out of the 3406 unique articles identified in the first screening were included.RESULTS: The results revealed that children acquire knowledge about alcohol already at age two and from age four on, they understand its use in adult culture. By the age of four, children have certain alcohol expectancies. The evidence of the impact of parental alcohol use on the acquisition of children's alcohol-related cognitions is inconsistent so far with studies showing positive and no effects. Unfortunately, the existing evidence is limited because most studies a) were conducted exclusively in the United States and more than two decades ago, b) used cross-sectional study designs, and c) used non-representative samples recruited using convenience sampling strategies.CONCLUSIONS: Research on children's alcohol-related cognitions is underdeveloped. To elucidate the conclusions about alcohol involvement in early life, studies with longitudinal study designs need to be conducted among representative samples of children and early adolescents by using age-appropriate measurement tools in a broader cultural context.
KW - Alcohol-related cognitions
KW - Alcohol-related knowledge
KW - Alcohol-related norms
KW - Alcohol expectancies
KW - Parental alcohol use
KW - Children
U2 - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.006
DO - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28654845
SN - 0376-8716
VL - 177
SP - 277
EP - 290
JO - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
JF - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
ER -
