Teens who lie are more likely to have a drinking problem

Teens who lie to their parents are more likely to develop a drinking problem than those who are honest, a new study found

US and Russian researchers who questioned more than 4,000 seventh- and eighth-graders and their parents found that the teens who admitted lying were more likely to have a drinking habit.

The fibbers also were at higher risk of future alcoholism than their honest counterparts, the researchers at New York University and the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Russia found.

The study also found that excessive parental supervision may make the problem worse not better.

“In a situation where trust is absent from the relationship between parents and their teenage children, the latter might consider both lying and drinking as acceptable practices for developing autonomy skills,” according to Victor Kaploun, associate professor of sociology at the Russian school and co-author of the report.

“This is why such behaviors are interconnected, while excessive parental control can be counterproductive,” he said in a press release.

On the other hand, children who had supportive and open relationships with their parents were less likely to abuse alcohol in the future — and also were less likely to lie to their parents.

The study was published last month in the Journal of Adolescence.

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