Citation

Brinson JA. Adolescence 1991; 26(104): 877-884.

Affiliation

Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 89154.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1789175

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine black American adolescents' use of alcohol and their perceptions of their family environments. Seventy-one participants between the ages of 12 and 20 from a large mid-Atlantic medical facility, who reported using alcohol, were asked to complete the Family Environment Scale (FES). Users were described as those who drank at least once a week and used medium amounts per occasion. Females were hypothesized to have higher scores on the FES than males (higher scores on the FES suggest a more favorable perception of family functioning). A t test was conducted to compare group means on each subscale of the FES. Analyses of the data indicated that females differed significantly from males (p less than .05) on four of the ten subscales.

Language: en