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September 17, 2025Open Access

Parenthood and longitudinal changes in alcohol use – findings from two follow-up studies

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JGJenna GrundströmOKOlli KiviruusuHKHanna Konttinen

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Overview

Longitudinal studies reveal parenthood impacts alcohol use patterns, suggesting short-term decreases in heavy drinking.

Key Points

  • Short-term reductions in heavy episodic drinking were observed after the transition to parenthood, particularly in early years.
  • Increases in frequent alcohol use were noted over time, peaking seven years post-parenthood across both genders.
  • Data from two Finnish cohorts, TAM and FinnTwin16, were analyzed using generalized linear mixed models across various age groups.
  • Overall, while heavy episodic drinking declines post-parenthood, long-term alcohol use tends to increase, indicating complexities.

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Grundström et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d45e6a31b076d99fa5f18fhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.10.25335507
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