부모의 음주문제가 초기 남자 청소년의 정신병리에 미치는 영향: 경로분석

Effect of Parental Problematic Drinking on Psychopathology of Male Offsprings in Their Early Adolescence : Path Analysis

Objective ： This study explored a conceptual model for predicting psychopathology in Korean children of alcoholics by using path analysis. Methods ： Data were collected from 502 male adolescents from two middle schools in urban areas. Each participant completed the questionnaire which included demo-graphic data, Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST-K), Child’s Attitude Toward Parents (CATP), General Self-Efficacy Scale (SES), and Strengths-Difficulties Questionnaire Self-Report (SDQ-SR). Results ： 57 (11.4%) participants were children of alcoholic parents (A ; CAST-K≥13), 94 (18.7%) participants were children of problematic parents (P ; 7≤CAST-K＜13), and 351 (70%) participants were children of normal parents (N ;CAST-K≤6). The children of alcoholics (A) scored lower on CATP (N ＞ P,A ; p＜0.001) and SES (N ＞ A ; p＜0.01), and high-er on hyperactivity (N＜P,A ; p＜0.001), emotional symptoms (N, P＜A ; p＜0.01), conduct problems (N＜A ; p＜0.01), peer difficulties (N＜A ; p＜0.01), and total difficulties (N＜P＜A ; p＜ 0.001). In path analysis, parental alcohol use had a significant effect on total difficulties directly (β=0.16, p＜0.001) and indi-rectly mediated by CATP and SES, with a R 2 of 0.28. Also, pa-rental alcohol use had an indirect effect on early alcohol use in adolescents mediated by total difficulties. Conclusion ： Parental problematic drinking may increase the likelihood of psychopathology and alcohol use in male offsprings in their early adolescence directly and indirectly.