Australian Parental Supply of Alcohol Longitudinal Study (APSALS)

  • Research program: Prevention and early intervention
  • Project status: Current
  • Start date: January 2015
  • Expected end date: December 2026
  • Completion date:
  • Funded by: Australian Rotary Health
  • Lead organisation: University of New South Wales

This study investigates the impact of parental supply of alcohol to their children using a prospective cohort study from pre-adolescent to early adulthood.

Utilising existing cohort of ~2,000 parent-child dyads (13 years of age in 2011), this study specifically aim to investigate the impacts on adolescent drinking of parental supply of alcohol (differentiating between sips and full beverages/standard drinks); supervised versus unsupervised parental supply; the modifying effects of different contexts of supply (family occasions, parties with peers, ad libitum access); and the relationship between parenting practices and parental supply of alcohol, controlling for observable confounders.

Name & Contact Details Role Research Program Location
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Associate Professor Nyanda McBride
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1600
n.mcbride@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Prevention and early intervention

Perth

  • Principal Investigator: Richard Mattick, University of New South Wales
  • Chief Investigator: Monika Wadolowski, University of New South Wales
  • Chief Investigator: Kypros Kypri, University of Newcastle
  • Chief Investigator: Raimondo Bruno, University of Tasmania
  • Chief Investigator: Timothy Slade, University of Sydney
  • Chief Investigator: Delyse Hutchinson, University of New South Wales
  • Chief Investigator: Alexandra Aiken, University of New South Wales

Professor Richard Mattick
Director and Professor
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This project aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals and Targets:

Upton, E., Clare, P., Aiken, A., Boland, V., De Torres, C., Bruno, R., Hutchinson, D., Kypri, K., Mattick, R., McBride, N. and Peacock, A. (2023). Changes in mental health and help-seeking among young Australian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study. Psychological Medicine, 53, (3), pp. 687-695. doi:10.1017/S0033291721001963 [RJ1726] View web page

Aiken, A., Chan, G., Yuen, W., Clare, P., Hutchinson, D., McBride, N., Najman, J., M., McCambridge, J., Upton, E., Slade, T., Boland, V., Bruno, R., Kypri, K., Wadolowski, M., Mattick, R. and Peacock, A. (2022). Trajectories of parental and peer supply of alcohol in adolescence and associations with later alcohol consumption and harm: A prospective cohort study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 237. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109533 [RJ1875] View web page

Clare, P., Aiken, A., Yuen, W., Upton, E., Degenhardt, L., Bruno, R., McCambridge, J., McBride, N., Hutchinson, D., Slade, T., Mattick, R. and Peacock, A. (2021). Alcohol use among young Australian adults in May-June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study. Addiction, 116, (12), pp. 3398-3407. doi:10.1111/add.15599 [RJ1731] View web page

Yuen, W., Bruno, R., Chan, G., McCambridge, J., Slade, T., Clare, P., Aiken, A., Kypri, K., Hutchinson, D., McBride, N., Boland, V., Upton, E., Farrell, M., Mattick, R. and Peacock, A. (2021). The experience of physiological and psychosocial alcohol-related harms across adolescence and its association with alcohol use disorder in early adulthood: A prospective cohort study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 45, (12), pp. 2518-2527. doi:10.1111/acer.14726 [RJ1803] View web page

Yuen, W., Chan, G., Bruno, R., Clare, P., Aiken, A., Mattick, R., Farrell, M., Kypri, K., Slade, T., Hutchinson, D., McBride, N., McCambridge, J., Boland, V. and Peacock, A. (2021). Trajectories of alcohol-induced blackouts in adolescence: Early risk factors and alcohol use disorder outcomes in early adulthood. Addiction, 116, (8), pp. 2039-2048. doi:10.1111/add.15415 [RJ1682] View web page

Aiken, A., Clare, P., Boland, V., Degenhardt, L., Yuen, W., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., McCambridge, J., Slade, T., McBride, N., De Torres, C., Wadolowski, M., Bruno, R., Kypri, K., Mattick, R. and Peacock, A. (2020). Parental supply of sips and whole drinks of alcohol to adolescents and associations with binge drinking and alcohol-related harms: A prospective cohort study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 215. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108204 [RJ1733] View web page

Boland, V., Clare, P., Yuen, W., Peacock, A., Aiken, A., Wadolowski, M., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., Slade, T., Bruno, R., McBride, N., Degenhardt, L., Kypri, K. and Mattick, R. (2020). The association between parental supply of alcohol and supply from other sources to young people: A prospective cohort. Addiction, 115, (11), pp. 2140-2147. doi:10.1111/add.15033 [RJ1589] View web page

Clare, P., Dobbins, T., Bruno, R., Peacock, A., Boland, V., Yuen, W., Aiken, A., Degenhardt, L., Kypri, K., Slade, T., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., McBride, N., Horwood, J., McCambridge, J. and Mattick, R. (2020). The overall effect of parental supply of alcohol across adolescence on alcohol-related harms in early adulthood - a prospective cohort study. Addiction, 115, (10), pp. 1833-1843. doi:10.1111/add.15005 [RJ1583] View web page

Yuen, W., Chan, G., Bruno, R., Clare, P., Mattick, R., Aiken, A., Boland, V., McBride, N., McCambridge, J., Slade, T., Kypri, K., Horwood, J., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., De Torres, C. and Peacock, A. (2020). Adolescent Alcohol Use Trajectories: Risk factors and Adult Outcomes. Pediatrics, 146, (4). doi:10.1542/peds.2020-0440 [RJ1615] View web page

Clare, P., Aiken, A., Yang, W., Peacock, A., Boland, V., Wadolowski, M., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., Slade, T., Bruno, R., McBride, N., Degenhardt, L., Kypri, K. and Mattick, R. (2019). Parental supply of alcohol as a predictor of adolescent alcohol consumption patterns: A prospective cohort. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 204. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.06.031 [RJ1492] View web page

Sharmin, S., Kypri, K., Wadolowski, M., Bruno, R., Khanam, M., Aiken, A., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., Slade, T., McBride, N., Attia, J., Palazzi, K., Oldmeadow, C. and Mattick, R. (2019). Parent hazardous drinking and their children's alcohol use in early and mid-adolescence: Prospective cohort study. European Journal of Public Health, ckz029, (4), pp. 736-740. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckz029 [RJ1472] View web page

Aiken, A., Clare, P., Wadolowski, M., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., Slade, T., Bruno, R., McBride, N., Kypri, K. and Mattick, R. (2018). Age of alcohol initiation and progression to binge drinking in adolescence: A prospective cohort study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 42, (1), pp. 100-110. doi:10.1111/acer.13525 [RJ1083] View web page

Mattick, R., Clare, P., Aiken, A., Wadolowski, M., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., Slade, T., Bruno, R., McBride, N., Kypri, K., Vogl, L. and Degenhardt, L. (2018). Association of parental supply of alcohol with adolescent drinking, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorder symptoms: A prospective cohort study. Lancet Public Health, 3, (2), pp. e64-e71. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30240-2 [RJ1394] View web page

Sharmin, S., Kypri, K., Wadolowski, M., Khanam, M., Aiken, A., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., Slade, T., McBride, N. and Attia, J. (2018). Parent characteristics associated with approval of their children drinking alcohol from ages 13 to 16 years: Prospective cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, (4), pp. 347-353. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12811 [RJ1429] View web page

Mattick, R., Wadolowski, M., Aiken, A., Clare, P., Hutchinson, D., Najman, J., M., Slade, T., Bruno, R., McBride, N., Degenhardt, L. and Kypri, K. (2017). Parental supply of alcohol and alcohol consumption in adolescence: prospective cohort study. Psychological Medicine, 47, (2), pp. 267-278. doi:10.1017/S0033291716002373 [RJ1247] View web page

Wadolowski, M., Hutchinson, D., Bruno, R., Aiken, A., Najman, J., M., Kypri, K., Slade, T., McBride, N. and Mattick, R. (2016). Parents who supply sips of alcohol in early adolescence: A prospective study of risk factors. Pediatrics, 137, (3), pp. 1-8. doi:10.1542/peds.2015-2611 [RJ1164] View web page

Aiken, A., Wadolowski, M., Bruno, R., Najman, J., M., Kypri, K., Slade, T., Hutchinson, D., McBride, N. and Mattick, R. (2015). Cohort profile: The Australian Parental Supply of Alcohol Longitudinal Study (APSALS). International Journal of Epidemiology. doi:10.1093/ije/dyv051 [RJ983] View web page

Wadolowski, M., Bruno, R., Aiken, A., Stone, C., Najman, J., M., Kypri, K., Slade, T., Hutchinson, D., McBride, N. and Mattick, R. (2015). Sipping, drinking, and early adolescent alcohol consumption: A cautionary note. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, (2), pp. 350-354. doi:10.1111/acer.12613 [RJ1084] View web page

Wadolowski, M., Hutchinson, D., Bruno, R., Aiken, A., Clare, P., Slade, T., Najman, J., M., Kypri, K., McBride, N. and Mattick, R. (2015). Early adolescent alcohol use: Are sipping and drinking distinct? Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, (9), pp. 1805–1813. doi:10.1111/acer.12826 [RJ1046] View web page