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How Parents of Adolescents Store and Monitor Alcohol in the Home

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In this study, we explored how and where parents store alcohol in the home, and how they monitor this stored alcohol. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents of youths, aged 15–18 years, in northern California. We found that parents typically stored alcohol in unsecured locations easily accessible to adolescents. Parental monitoring of alcohol included counting or marking bottles and hiding alcohol. However, parents reported that they relied primarily on their memory and intuition to monitor alcohol and admitted that they would not notice if small amounts of alcohol disappeared.

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Support for this research was provided by a grant (R01 AA018378) to Bettina Friese from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIAAA.

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  1. Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 450, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA

    Bettina Friese, Joel W. Grube & Roland S. Moore

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Friese, B., Grube, J.W. & Moore, R.S. How Parents of Adolescents Store and Monitor Alcohol in the Home. J Primary Prevent 33, 79–83 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-012-0267-y

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