Young-adult children of alcoholic parents: protective effects of positive family functioning
dc.contributor.author | Hill, Elizabeth M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nord, Janet L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Blow, Frederic C. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T20:17:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T20:17:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1992-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | HILL, ELIZABETH M.; NORD, JANET L.; BLOW, FREDERIC C. (1992). "Young-adult children of alcoholic parents: protective effects of positive family functioning." British Journal of Addiction 87(12): 1677-1690. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73415> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0952-0481 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1360-0443 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73415 | |
dc.description.abstract | The occurrence of alcoholism is clustered within families, but the detrimental effect of a positive family history may vary with the degree of family impairment involved. In this study we assessed the effects of family history and family environment on alcohol misuse. From ongoing studies we recruited parents who had a child aged 18–30, 20 with a DSM-III-R alcohol dependence diagnosis, 20 without. The child then completed a multidimensional assessment. The young-adult participants included 20 men and 20 women (mean age=24.8). Differences by family history were restricted to substance abuse behaviors. While a high level of alcohol problems occurred in both groups, those with an alcohol-dependent parent were more likely to be heavy drinkers and showed more symptoms of alcohol dependence. Overall psychological adjustment did not differ between the groups, however. Alcohol misuse measures did correlate moderately with symptoms of poor emotional health. The most important correlates of alcohol misuse measures in this study were exposure to parental alcoholism, abusive punishment, and psychological symptoms, with some separation of effects in the two subgroups. Psychological symptoms had a stronger relationship with misuse in subjects with social-drinking parents, while abuse was more associated in the group with an alcohol-dependent parent. These results confirm the importance of environmental interactions with familial risk. A biological vulnerability from an alcohol-dependent parent was not sufficient or necessary for the participants in this study to develop alcohol dependence as a young adult, although there was an increased risk. There appear to be strong protective effects of positive family relationships on the potential negative effects of a family history of alcoholism. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1992 Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs | en_US |
dc.title | Young-adult children of alcoholic parents: protective effects of positive family functioning | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Pharmacy and Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 1490082 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73415/1/j.1360-0443.1992.tb02681.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb02681.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | British Journal of Addiction | en_US |
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