Abstract
The study presents a review of risk and protective family factors associated with alcohol use among children and adolescents. The aim is to identify, describe and contrast research results regarding family structure, parental styles, monitoring and setting rules, attachment, communication and alcohol consumption in family.
Studies were classified according to their research design, age group of participants, criteria for sample randomization and effects of family factors predicting use of alcohol among children and adolescents. The authors summarize main conclusions of studies into an overview resume.
The systematic overview of presented studies shows that most attention in family risk and protective factors research is focused on alcohol consumption in family, parental monitoring, attachment and parent-child communication. Specific combinations and interactions of these factors cause that every factor can be evaluated as risky and protective according to different family situation.