Abstract
Analyzing data from a probability sample representative of secondary school students in Singapore (N = 1,599), this study
examined the independent impact between the quality of mother–child relationship, the quality of father–child relationship
and family conflict on the frequency of drinking and drunkenness, and whether each dyadic parent–child relationship quality
and family conflict moderate the effect of direct peer pressure on the frequency of drinking and drunkenness among Singaporean
adolescents. A series of ordered logit analyses revealed the following results: The quality of father–child relationship had
no main effect on either drinking behavior, yet had a moderating effect on the association between direct peer pressure and
drunkenness, with the stronger effect of direct peer pressure for adolescents on good terms with their fathers than for those
on poor terms with their fathers. Family conflict had a main effect on drunkenness and a moderating effect on the association
between direct peer pressure and the frequency of drinking, with the stronger effect of direct peer pressure on the frequency
of drinking for adolescents experiencing high family conflict than those experiencing low family conflict. The importance
of the father–child relationship quality and family conflict for adolescents’ well-being in Singapore as an Asian context
was discussed.
examined the independent impact between the quality of mother–child relationship, the quality of father–child relationship
and family conflict on the frequency of drinking and drunkenness, and whether each dyadic parent–child relationship quality
and family conflict moderate the effect of direct peer pressure on the frequency of drinking and drunkenness among Singaporean
adolescents. A series of ordered logit analyses revealed the following results: The quality of father–child relationship had
no main effect on either drinking behavior, yet had a moderating effect on the association between direct peer pressure and
drunkenness, with the stronger effect of direct peer pressure for adolescents on good terms with their fathers than for those
on poor terms with their fathers. Family conflict had a main effect on drunkenness and a moderating effect on the association
between direct peer pressure and the frequency of drinking, with the stronger effect of direct peer pressure on the frequency
of drinking for adolescents experiencing high family conflict than those experiencing low family conflict. The importance
of the father–child relationship quality and family conflict for adolescents’ well-being in Singapore as an Asian context
was discussed.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-17
- DOI 10.1007/s11205-011-9977-4
- Authors
- Hyekyung Choo, Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, 3 Arts Link, Singapore, 117570 Singapore
- Daniel Shek, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Journal Social Indicators Research
- Online ISSN 1573-0921
- Print ISSN 0303-8300