This five-year longitudinal study concerns the father's role in his adolescent child's use of drugs. The study has three foci: (1) An examination of those paternal factors in IDU fathers (paternal HIV status, paternal personality/attitudinal attributes, paternal child-rearing practices, and the extent to which the father serves as a role model for his child) which may influence his adolescent child's drug behaviors; (2) An interrelationship approach which requires examination not only of the paternal dimensions alone but also in interaction with the adolescent's own personality and family system; and (3) An examination of the interpersonal (paternal, maternal, peer, and context) factors related to the adolescent's ability to cope more effectively with the father being at risk for, or having AIDS. The sample will consist of 500 male and female adolescents and their fathers. Their fathers will be IDUs, 58% of whom are HIV+. They will be ethnically mixed and come from low SES backgrounds. Face-to-face structured interviews will be conducted with both father and child. The instruments will include scales with adequate psychometric properties to measure the following areas: parental HIV status, paternal and adolescent personality attributes, paternal and maternal child-rearing practices, paternal identification, family relations, context, and peer dimensions. In addition, there will be extensive questions on demographics, self drug use, drug use by others in the environment, and strategies of coping. The longitudinal design of the study is essential to examine the complexities of antecedents and consequences in adolescents whose fathers' physical and emotional states may vary over time given the nature of HIV infection. The basic methodology to be used for data analysis has been used in our prior studies of HIV transmission, and will consist primarily of causal analysis and/or hierarchical multiple regression, and standard multiple logistic regression analysis. The significance of the study lies in its attempt to examine a greatly under-researched area--the role of the IDU father in his child's drug behavior and ability to cope.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DA009950-04
Application #
2897981
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (SRCD (24))
Program Officer
Cooper, Leslie
Project Start
1996-07-01
Project End
2001-06-30
Budget Start
1999-07-01
Budget End
2000-06-30
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
114400633
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10029
Brook, David W; Brook, Judith S; Rubenstone, Elizabeth et al. (2010) A longitudinal study of sexual risk behavior among the adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers. J Adolesc Health 46:224-31
Brook, D W; Brook, J S; Rubenstone, E et al. (2008) Risk factors for distress in the adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers. AIDS Care 20:93-100
Brook, David W; Brook, Judith S; Rubenstone, Elizabeth et al. (2006) Aggressive behaviors in the adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:399-413
Brook, David W; Brook, Judith S; Rubenstone, Elizabeth et al. (2006) Cigarette smoking in the adolescent children of drug-abusing fathers. Pediatrics 117:1339-47
Brook, David W; Brook, Judith S; Rubenstone, Elizabeth et al. (2003) Alcohol use in adolescents whose fathers abuse drugs. J Addict Dis 22:11-34
Brook, David W; Brook, Judith S; Richter, Linda et al. (2002) Marijuana use among the adolescent children of high-risk drug-abusing fathers. Am J Addict 11:95-110
Brook, David W; Brook, Judith S; Whiteman, Martin et al. (2002) Coping in adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative substance-abusing fathers. J Genet Psychol 163:5-23