Disaggregating within- and between-person associations to test the aversive transmission of alcohol use in late adolescence through adulthood.

Objective: The theory of aversive transmission posits that children of parents who have an alcohol use disorder (AUD) may abstain or limit their own alcohol use because they believe themselves to be at risk of developing problems with alcohol. The present study examined relationships among parental AUD, perceived parental AUD, perceived risk for AUD, addiction avoidance reasons for limiting alcohol use, and alcohol use using a random intercept cross-lagged panel model.

Method: Participants ( = 805; 48% female; 28% Latinx) were from a longitudinal study investigating intergenerational transmission of AUD.