Tag: Early Adulthood

Family and religion in flux: Relationship complexity, type of religiosity, and race/ethnicity

sarah JonasResearch Alert

Abstract Objective This study examines the links between family formation, relationship history, and multiple types of religiosity in early–middle adulthood, as well as racial/ethnic heterogeneity of these associations. Background Family and religion have long been recognized as linked institutions. However,…

Parental provision of alcohol to adolescent children and peer influence linked to subsequent alcohol harms

sarah JonasResearch Results

Parental supply of alcohol is a relatively common practice in Australia, believed by some parents to be an effective means of teaching their children to drink responsibly. New research shows that family and peer factors each play a role in the development of excessive and risky drinking in early adulthood and associated harms. These results and others will be shared at the 46th annual scientific meeting of the Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) in Bellevue, Washington.