Dimensions of Functioning in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Families

摘要: This study examined various dimensions of functioning in alcoholic and nonalcoholic families. Participants were 813 college student volunteers who completed a standardized measure family functioning, demographic questions, questions related to experiences their families origin, including abuse, spousal violence, parental marital status, alcoholism grandparent status. Results indicate that children raised tend experience lower levels are more likely have had traumatic than from Mental health counselors will work with individuals at least one parent, as nearly 20 percent the United States grow up (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1998). The effects varied often detrimental (Campbell, Masters, & Johnson, 1998; Deming, Chase, Karesh, 1996). Alcoholic families, for example, exhibit negative messages among members (Sheridan Green, 1993), engage greater openly expressed anger, warmth, cohesion, direct communication (Garbarino Strange, 1993; Rojas, Senchak, Leonard, Greene, Carroll, 1995). Parental has also been associated role confusion, reversals, distorted hierarchy (Chase, Wells, Goglia, Jurkovic, Burt, Burge-Callaway, 1992; Sheridan 1993). In addition, alcoholics higher neglect physical abuse homes do (Hall, Bolen, Webster, 1994; Kerr Hill, 1992a; Sher, Gershuny, Peterson, Raskin, 1997). According National Association Children Alcoholics (1998), alcohol is significant factor approximately 81% child cases. growing an seems lead vulnerabilities children, self-esteem issues, depression, anxiety, stress-related illnesses, difficulties school Alcoholics, Furthermore, persist into adulthood many multigenerational consequences. Specifically, adult (ACOAs) prevalence mood, abuse/dependence disorders (Beaudoin, Murray, Bond, Barnes, 1997; Cuijpers, Langendoen, Bijl, 1999), satisfaction, frequencies divorce, satisfaction relationships own marrying non-ACOAs (Kerr 1992b; Larson Thayne, ACOAs shown less overall life (Hall et al., 1994), trust others codependent behaviors (Jones Kinnick, 1995; Lyon Greenberg, 1991), issues control (Shapiro, Weatherford, Kaufman, Broenen, adaptive expressions anger (Hart McAleer, 1997), adjustment 1993) non-ACOAs. Although becoming clearer, there need comprehensive assessment support or disconfirm previous findings (e.g., conflict, communication) extend include additional indices dysfunction. researchers tended focus indicators dysfunction There expansive To this end, review literature was conducted number may be impacted by identified. …