J Korean Acad Nurs.  2014 Oct;44(5):495-503. 10.4040/jkan.2014.44.5.495.

Factors Affecting Social Competence in School-aged Children according to Alcohol Consumption by Parents'

• Lee JA
• Kweon YR

• KMID: 2129539
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.5.495

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting the social competence of school-aged children according alcohol consumption by their parents.
METHODS
The participants were 558 5th grade elementary school students. Data were collected using structured questionnaires from September 17 to October 2 2013, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi2-test, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis with the SPSS PC+ 21.0 program.
RESULTS
Participants were classified into three groups according to alcohol use; Non-use parent group (52.7%), social use parent group (31.0%), and problem use parent group (16.3%). Participants whose parents were problem users had significantly lower scores on emotional awareness and expression (F=14.45, p<.001), social support (F=5.82, p=.003), and social competence (F=16.33, p<.001) compared to students in the other two groups. In school-aged children with parents who were alcohol abusers, the variables that predicted social competence was friend support (66.0%).
CONCLUSION
These results emphasize the importance of focusing on the crucial role of peer support in the development of social competence in school-aged children of parents who abuse alcohol. Further, for these children, interventions aimed at improving social support and children's emotional awareness and expression may be most beneficial.

Keyword

Parents; Drinking; Child; Competence

MeSH Terms

Alcohol Drinking/pathology
Alcoholism/*pathology
Child
Emotions
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Parents/psychology
Questionnaires
*Social Skills
Social Support
Students/*psychology

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