Alcohol, Tobacco, and Father's Aggressive Behavior in Relation to Socioeconomic Variables in Cretan Low Versus Medium Income Families

Abstract

In order to identify socioeconomic factors affecting parents' alcohol and cigarette consumption and father's aggressiveness toward other family members, 87 low-income and 92 medium-income Greek families were tested. Father's alcohol consumption correlated positively with his smoking (p <. 0008) and aggressive behavior (p <. 00005), while mother's alcohol correlated positively with her smoking (p <. 0001) and number of marriages (p <. 01), and negatively with the family's overcrowding index (p <. 006). Furthermore, father's smoking correlated positively with his alcohol (p <. 01), and mother's smoking with her alcohol (p <. 0004) and tenancy (p <. 01). Finally, father's aggressiveness was found to be positively related to his alcohol consumption and negatively to his work and level of education

Key Words:

• Alcohol
• Smoking
• Aggressiveness
• Poverty
• Parents