Question 1

While parental warmth has been found to be a protective factor, ______ has been linked to regular alcohol use in adolescence.

Accepted Answer

A)  maintaining high family expectations 
B)  having a single parent 
C)  setting low family expectations 
D)  overprotection 
A)  maintaining high family expectations 
B)  having a single parent 
C)  setting low family expectations 
D)  overprotection D

Question 2

According to a study, males are more exposed to risk, but risk exposure is more predictive of alcohol problems for females.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Rates of alcohol and other substance use have generally been lower for African American youth than for White and Hispanic youth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Adoptive parents of children whose biological parents had alcohol, antisocial, depressive, or other psychiatric disorders experienced double the risk of developing their own psychiatric or alcohol-related problems as adoptive parents of children without such a predisposition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Children whose parents abuse substances are less likely to use drugs because they see the damage it does.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

An example of an alcohol-specific effect is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  a parent's alcoholism 
B)  the normalization of alcohol use in media 
C)  smoking only when drinking 
D)  peer drinking behavior 
A)  a parent's alcoholism 
B)  the normalization of alcohol use in media 
C)  smoking only when drinking 
D)  peer drinking behavior

Question 7

Which child characteristics have scholars found to be related to childhood substance use?

Accepted Answer

A)  access to alcohol at home and living with a single parent 
B)  behavioral disinhibition, especially in females 
C)  thrill seeking and rejection of authority 
D)  more tolerance of deviance and deviant self-image 
A)  access to alcohol at home and living with a single parent 
B)  behavioral disinhibition, especially in females 
C)  thrill seeking and rejection of authority 
D)  more tolerance of deviance and deviant self-image

Question 8

Children from antisocial alcoholic families would benefit most from interventions that begin in ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  adolescence 
B)  preadolescence 
C)  infancy 
D)  prenatally 
A)  adolescence 
B)  preadolescence 
C)  infancy 
D)  prenatally

Question 9

Which statement about how the age of onset of drinking impacts later use and abuse is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  If teens began drinking at 12 years or younger, they usually stopped by the time they finished high school. 
B)  If teens began drinking at 12 years or younger, they had a higher risk of substance abuse as adults than if they held off until they were 16 years old. 
C)  If teens begin drinking at 12 years or younger, their trajectory of later drinking declines by the time they are 25. 
D)  Children typically drink in high school. Researchers disagree on when a youth's drinking impacts their later use. 
A)  If teens began drinking at 12 years or younger, they usually stopped by the time they finished high school. 
B)  If teens began drinking at 12 years or younger, they had a higher risk of substance abuse as adults than if they held off until they were 16 years old. 
C)  If teens begin drinking at 12 years or younger, their trajectory of later drinking declines by the time they are 25. 
D)  Children typically drink in high school. Researchers disagree on when a youth's drinking impacts their later use.

Question 10

Sexual minority youth are at ______ for alcohol and drug use.

Accepted Answer

A)  low risk 
B)  high risk 
C)  standard risk 
D)  substandard risk 
A)  low risk 
B)  high risk 
C)  standard risk 
D)  substandard risk

Question 11

Adolescents experiencing current substance abuse have been shown to have more problem behaviors, such as binge drinking, than adolescents with histories of prior abuse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What impact does behavioral disinhibition have on adolescent alcohol use?

Accepted Answer

Varies and may include:
Literature sugge

Question 13

Monitoring the Future surveys repeatedly find lower rates of substance use among ______ youth than among European American adolescents.

Accepted Answer

A)  Latinx 
B)  African American 
C)  East Asian 
D)  Australian 
A)  Latinx 
B)  African American 
C)  East Asian 
D)  Australian

Question 14

The term substance misuse refers to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  excessive consumption of a substance 
B)  both experimental and regular use of a substance 
C)  serious and persistent problems with substances 
D)  being medically unable to stop using a substance 
A)  excessive consumption of a substance 
B)  both experimental and regular use of a substance 
C)  serious and persistent problems with substances 
D)  being medically unable to stop using a substance

Question 15

______ of associations between parental substance use and adolescent behavior identify mechanisms and processes in the transmission of adolescent alcoholism.

Accepted Answer

A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Moderators 
C)  Mediators 
D)  Exacerbators 
A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Moderators 
C)  Mediators 
D)  Exacerbators

Question 16

Adolescents with parents who granted them little autonomy were found to engage in more substance use when they were also more highly engaged in disadvantaged communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The ______ refers to the finding that although immigrants often live in challenging conditions, they experience lower levels of substance abuse.

Accepted Answer

A)  immigrant paradox 
B)  contradictory migration effect 
C)  new arrival ethic 
D)  immigrant exception 
A)  immigrant paradox 
B)  contradictory migration effect 
C)  new arrival ethic 
D)  immigrant exception

Question 18

The term substance use refers to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  excessive consumption of a substance 
B)  both experimental and regular use of a substance 
C)  serious and persistent problems with substances 
D)  being medically unable to stop using a substance 
A)  excessive consumption of a substance 
B)  both experimental and regular use of a substance 
C)  serious and persistent problems with substances 
D)  being medically unable to stop using a substance

Question 19

Alcoholic parents are at a higher risk for having children with behavioral problems, and children's behavioral problems may increase parental stress and lead to more drinking. This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  circular reasoning 
B)  cause and effect 
C)  the outcomes of poor parenting 
D)  a bidirectional process 
A)  circular reasoning 
B)  cause and effect 
C)  the outcomes of poor parenting 
D)  a bidirectional process

Question 20

Research suggests that one positive effect of parents receiving treatment has been ______

Accepted Answer

A)  lower rates of DUI arrests 
B)  increased child-parent codependency 
C)  decreased child exposure to parental conflict 
D)  improved family financial standing 
A)  lower rates of DUI arrests 
B)  increased child-parent codependency 
C)  decreased child exposure to parental conflict 
D)  improved family financial standing

While parental warmth has been found to be a protective factor, ______ has been linked to regular alcohol use in adolescence.

According to a study, males are more exposed to risk, but risk exposure is more predictive of alcohol problems for females.

Rates of alcohol and other substance use have generally been lower for African American youth than for White and Hispanic youth.

Adoptive parents of children whose biological parents had alcohol, antisocial, depressive, or other psychiatric disorders experienced double the risk of developing their own psychiatric or alcohol-related problems as adoptive parents of children without such a predisposition.

Children whose parents abuse substances are less likely to use drugs because they see the damage it does.

An example of an alcohol-specific effect is ______.

Which child characteristics have scholars found to be related to childhood substance use?

Children from antisocial alcoholic families would benefit most from interventions that begin in ______.

Which statement about how the age of onset of drinking impacts later use and abuse is most accurate?

Sexual minority youth are at ______ for alcohol and drug use.

Adolescents experiencing current substance abuse have been shown to have more problem behaviors, such as binge drinking, than adolescents with histories of prior abuse.

What impact does behavioral disinhibition have on adolescent alcohol use?

Monitoring the Future surveys repeatedly find lower rates of substance use among ______ youth than among European American adolescents.

The term substance misuse refers to ______.

______ of associations between parental substance use and adolescent behavior identify mechanisms and processes in the transmission of adolescent alcoholism.

Adolescents with parents who granted them little autonomy were found to engage in more substance use when they were also more highly engaged in disadvantaged communities.

The ______ refers to the finding that although immigrants often live in challenging conditions, they experience lower levels of substance abuse.

The term substance use refers to ______.

Alcoholic parents are at a higher risk for having children with behavioral problems, and children's behavioral problems may increase parental stress and lead to more drinking. This is an example of ______.

Research suggests that one positive effect of parents receiving treatment has been ______

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Exam 19: Families Coping With Alcohol and Substance Abuse

While parental warmth has been found to be a protective factor, ______ has been linked to regular alcohol use in adolescence.

According to a study, males are more exposed to risk, but risk exposure is more predictive of alcohol problems for females.

Rates of alcohol and other substance use have generally been lower for African American youth than for White and Hispanic youth.

Adoptive parents of children whose biological parents had alcohol, antisocial, depressive, or other psychiatric disorders experienced double the risk of developing their own psychiatric or alcohol-related problems as adoptive parents of children without such a predisposition.

Children whose parents abuse substances are less likely to use drugs because they see the damage it does.

An example of an alcohol-specific effect is ______.

Which child characteristics have scholars found to be related to childhood substance use?

Children from antisocial alcoholic families would benefit most from interventions that begin in ______.

Which statement about how the age of onset of drinking impacts later use and abuse is most accurate?

Sexual minority youth are at ______ for alcohol and drug use.

Adolescents experiencing current substance abuse have been shown to have more problem behaviors, such as binge drinking, than adolescents with histories of prior abuse.

What impact does behavioral disinhibition have on adolescent alcohol use?

Monitoring the Future surveys repeatedly find lower rates of substance use among ______ youth than among European American adolescents.

The term substance misuse refers to ______.

______ of associations between parental substance use and adolescent behavior identify mechanisms and processes in the transmission of adolescent alcoholism.

Adolescents with parents who granted them little autonomy were found to engage in more substance use when they were also more highly engaged in disadvantaged communities.

The ______ refers to the finding that although immigrants often live in challenging conditions, they experience lower levels of substance abuse.

The term substance use refers to ______.

Alcoholic parents are at a higher risk for having children with behavioral problems, and children's behavioral problems may increase parental stress and lead to more drinking. This is an example of ______.

Research suggests that one positive effect of parents receiving treatment has been ______

Families Coping With Change: A Conceptual Overview

Everyday Hassles and Family Relationships

Mindfulness and Family Stress

Parental Stress Viewed Through the Lens of Family Stress Theory

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Understanding Stress and Resilience in Family Systems

Lgbq-Parent Families: Development and Functioning in Context

Stress and Coping in Later Life

Divorce Variation and Fluidity

Stress and Resilience in Stepfamilies Today

Immigrant Families: Resilience Through Adversity

Economic Stress and Families

Race, Ethnicity, and Family Stress

The Newest Generation of US Veterans and Their Families

Promoting Pathways to Resilient Outcomes for Maltreated Children

Stress and Coping With Intimate Partner Violence

Family Responses to School and Community Mass Violence

Physical Illness and Family Stress

Family Socioeconomic Context and Mental Health in Parents and Children: a Heuristic Framework

Death, Dying, and Grief in Families

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