Parent-child conversations associated with alcohol-related risk behaviours in young people (13-17 years) in the UK: a cross-sectional study.

We found evidence of mostly negative associations between young people's risk behaviours and different types of parent-child conversations. Conversations providing information were linked to a reduced tendency to have ever drunk alcohol. All other types of conversations were negatively associated with risk behaviours. Psychological reactance and conversation quality possibly explain these findings.