Strain, Negative Emotions, and Alcohol Use Among Juveniles: A Mediation Analysis

• In Event: Theoretical Predictors of Substance Use

Abstract

This study focused on South Korean kids in the Korean Children & Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), targeting the most recent available survey data. In addition, this study employed a mediation modeling to investigate the intervening effect of negative emotions between school and family stresses and alcohol use among the Asian youngsters. Full information maximum likelihood (FIML) was used for dealing with missing data instead of case-wise deletion method. Research outcomes showed that the strains from family and school significantly affected their level of negative emotion, which in turn, led to alcohol delinquency among them.

Authors

• Yeok-il Cho, University of Central Missouri

• Sherri DioGuardi, University of Central Missouri