The mediating role of alcohol-related memory associations on the relation between perceived parental drinking and the onset of adolescents' alcohol use.

Aims: The aim of the current study was to examine the mediating role of alcohol-related memory associations in the relation between perceived parental drinking and the onset of adolescents' alcohol use. Gender and grade were also included in the analyses.

Design: We tested a mediation model within a structural path modelling framework using longitudinal data (two waves).