what factor might influence family composition?
For family disruption and delinquency, the composition of families is one aspect of family life that is consistently associated with delinquency. Children who live in homes with only one parent or in which marital relationships have been disrupted by divorce or separation are more likely to display a range of behavioral problems including ...
Various influences in the family environment contribute to children of alcoholicsâ (COAsâ) risk of developing alcoholism and other mental health problems. These risk factors. include alcohol-specific influences, which selectively predict alcohol problems, and. alcohol-nonspecific influences, which predict a variety of mental health problems. Alcohol-specific family influences include modeling of parental drinking behavior, development of alcohol expectancies, and the familyâs ethnic background.