ABSTRACT College students commonly report that their parents provide advice about how to drink safely; however, there is very little research exploring the content of parent-child harm-reduction conversations. The present study explores the types of advice mothers provide underage college students about drinking. A random sample of college students (ages 18 to 20) completed an online survey about their alcohol use and conversations they had with their mother about alcohol. Students’ perceptions of mother-child harm-reduction conversations include the themes of: specific protective behavioral strategies, ambiguous behavioral advice, decision making advice, value-based advice, warning-based advice, and advice conveying approval. Discussion of specific protective behavioral strategies was most common for female students and students who reported binge drinking. Mothers did not typically address how to implement harm-reduction strategies effectively. The findings have implications for the assessment of harm-reduction communication between parents and emerging adult children.

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“妈妈不讲教”：年轻人对未成年人饮酒信息的看法

摘要大学生通常报告说，他们的父母提供了有关如何安全饮酒的建议；但是，很少有研究探讨减少亲子伤害对话的内容。本研究探讨了母亲向未成年大学生提供饮酒建议的类型。随机抽样的18至20岁的大学生完成了有关他们的酒精使用情况以及与母亲进行酒精对话的在线调查。学生对减少母子伤害对话的看法包括以下主题：特定的保护性行为策略，模棱两可的行为建议，决策建议，基于价值的建议，基于警告的建议以及传达批准的建议。对于女学生和报告暴饮暴食的学生，最常见的讨论具体的保护行为策略。母亲通常没有解决如何有效实施减少伤害战略。这些发现对评估父母与新兴成年子女之间的减少伤害交流具有重要意义。