The Relationship between Parenting Style and Alcohol Abuse among University Students

Abstract

The parenting styles used by the parents have an impact on the adolescent’s decision to
consume alcohol. This study explores to see the impact of parenting styles of both mother and father
on alcohol consumption among university students in Namibia. One hundred and fifteen students
were selected by stratified random sampling. Parenting styles were assessed using the Children’s
Report of Parental Behaviour Inventory (CRPBI) and the level of alcohol abuse was assessed using
the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). The study revealed that there was a nonsignificant relationship between parenting style and level of alcohol consumption for both mother
and father. The results also showed that the majority of the samples were in the category of mild
alcohol consumption who were having authoritative parents followed by authoritarian parents and
lastly the permissive parents.