Alcohol Use in Adolescents Whose Fathers Abuse Drugs David W. Brook, MD Judith S. Brook, EdD Elizabeth Rubenstone, BA Chenshu Zhang, MA Merrill Singer, PhD Michael R. Duke, PhD ABSTRACT. This study examined the interrelation of several domains, including father attributes, father-child relations, peer influences, environ- mental factors, and youth personality, as they related to adolescent alcohol use. Several aspects of the father-child relationship were also examined as possible protective factors against adolescent drinking. Subjects consisted of 204 HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers and their ado- lescent children between the ages of 12-20. Data were collected via indi- vidual structured interviews of both the fathers and the youth. Results indicated that several items from each domain were related to adolescent drinking, and that an affectionate father-child bond had a protective effect. David W. Brook, Judith S. Brook, Elizabeth Rubenstone, and Chenshu Zhang are af- filiated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Community and Preven- tive Medicine, New York, NY. Merrill Singer and Michael R. Duke are affiliated with the Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, CT. Address correspondence to: Elizabeth Rubenstone, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1044B, New York, NY 10029 (E-mail: rubene01@ doc.mssm.edu). The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions, and to Linda Capobianco for her assistance with manuscript preparation. This work was supported by grants DA 09950 and DA 11116 from the National Insti- tute on Drug Abuse, and by Research Scientist Award DA 00244 to Dr. Judith S. Brook. Journal of Addictive Diseases, Vol. 22(1) 2003 http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J069  2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 10.1300/J069v22n01_02 11