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To determine if parental provision of alcohol is associated with reduced risk for alcohol-related harms, investigators conducted a longitudinal study of 1927 adolescents from secondary schools in three Australian cities (mean age, 13; 45% female). Adolescents and their parents independently completed surveys annually for 6 years about source of alcohol supply and alcohol-related outcomes. At each survey, adolescents were classified as having no alcohol supply or supply from parents only, parents plus other source, or other source only. Analyses were controlled for potential confounders, such as parental alcohol consumption, family alcohol problems, and having an older sibling.
Compared with adolescents reporting no supply, those reporting pa…