The project, "Under the Influence" aims to identify some of parental techniques and styles that can help prevent alcohol misuse in their offspring. Specifically we are asking the following questions:

1. How does parenting style in the early years (0-5) affect their offspring's alcohol consumption? 2. How does parenting style in the early years (0-5) affect their offspring's attitude to alcohol, and behaviour around alcohol?

3. How does parenting style at the 'age of initiation' affect their offspring's alcohol consumption? 4. How does parenting style at the 'age of initiation' affect their offspring's attitude to alcohol and behaviour around alcohol?

5. How does parental drinking practice affect their offspring's alcohol consumption?

We are also running various regressions on the Birth Cohort Study 1970, however, the ALSPAC includes much richer data in respect of parenting style, and of attitudes to drinking of the cohort members aged 16/17. Therefore it would be a perfect match for investigating the project's core research questions. In particular we would like to use the ALSPAC to answer questions 1, 2 & 5.