Download or read book Differences in the Level of Trust and Adjustment Between Adult Children of Alcoholics and Adult Children of Non alcoholics written by Twyla Dockery-Cathion and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adult Children of Alcoholics and Non alcoholics written by C. Amy Shannon and published by ProQuest. This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adult children of alcoholics have been identified as a population at risk for a number of disorders, including problem drinking, diminished self-esteem, disturbed interpersonal functioning, and a range of psychological problems including depression and anxiety. Recent research, however, has identified a supportive relationship with a primary caregiver as a potential protective factor for at-risk children, suggesting that attachment theory may provide a useful conceptual scheme in understanding resiliency among adult children of alcoholics. The present study examined resiliency issues and attachment style between a sample of Alanon participants and graduate students who resided with an alcohol-abusing parent prior to age 16 years as compared to those who did not reside with alcohol-abusing parents before the age of 16 years. One hundred twenty-six participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test, the Experience in Close Relationships Inventory-Revised, the Individual Protective Factors Index, and the Resiliency Scale. A series of independent sample t-tests were conducted between the adult children of alcoholic's and the non-adult children of alcoholic's on (a) classification of attachment style; and (b) individual protective factors. Furthermore, correlations were conducted between adult children of alcoholics on (a) classification of attachment style; and (b) measures of individual protective factors. Results indicated that less resilient adult children of alcoholics displayed a less secure attachment style and were characterized significantly by the anxiety attachment style. Adult children of alcoholics with lower levels of resiliency also had lower scores for the resiliency factors than adult children of non-alcoholics. However, more resilient adult children of alcoholics displayed a more secure attachment style and had higher scores for the resiliency and protective factors. This study did not find a significant difference between resiliency levels and attachment styles between male and female adult children of alcoholics.

Download or read book A Comparative Study of the Aspects of Adjustment Among Adult Children of Alcoholics and Adult Children of Nonalcoholics in the Form of Personality Characteristics and Its Relationship to the Description of Codependent Behavior written by Karen Biddy and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparison of the Separation individuation Process Between Adult Children of Alcoholics and Adult Children of Non alcoholics written by Karolyn J. Moreland and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Factors Influencing the Psychological Adjustment of Adult Children of Alcoholics written by Sandra Helene Tweed and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparison Study Between Adult Children of Alcoholics and Adult Children of Non alcoholic Dysfunctional Families written by Rosemary Anne Pierson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparison of Adult Children of Alcoholics and Non adult Children of Alcoholics with Respect to Perceptions of Family Support and Interpersonal Relationship Behaviors written by Marsha Hellams Purvis and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparison of Evangelical Christian Adult Children of Alcoholics and Nonalcoholics on Selected Personality and Religious Variables written by Sandra Donnis Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated selected personality characteristics and religious perceptions of evangelical christian adult children of alcoholics to determine if they differed significantly from those of evangelical adult children of non-alcoholics. Subjects were divided into control (n = 62) and experimental (n = 67) groups by their scores on the children of alcoholics screening test, distrustfulness, denial of feelings, depression, guilt-proneness, and need to control were measured by the sixteen personality factor questionnaire. To determine if there were significant differences between adult children of alcoholics and adult children of non-alcoholics, mean scores from the two groups were compared using t-tests. Religious perception problems were measured by the personal data questionnaire, a 23 item questionnaire addressing demographics, family history, and religious perceptions. The t-test was performed on each group's mean score of perceived religious problems, which were problems experiencing God's love and forgiveness, trusting God's will, believing biblical promises, and forgiving others. Chi-square tests were used to determine which of the four problem areas differed significantly; the first three differed at p = [lesser than] .001, the last at p = [lesser than] .01. Four of six hypotheses were confirmed (p = [lesser than] .001); they were those predicting that adult children of alcoholics would be significantly more distrusting, depressed, guilt-prone, and would experience significantly more problems in their religious perceptions than adult children of non-alcoholics. Subjects' perceptions of their families of origin, current life satisfaction, and numerous personal and familial variables were analyzed by chi-square tests. In comparison to controls, adult children of alcoholics were significantly (p = [lesser than] .001) more apt to have sought therapy recently, to perceive their families of origin as less loving and secure, and to perceive their marriages and their current lives as less satisfying. In the same comparison, they had been married formerly to alcoholic spouses, and sexually abused as children significantly more often (p = [lesser than] .01). Evangelical christian adult children of alcoholics exhibit the same troubling personality characteristics as general population adults raised in alcoholic homes; they do not seem to be "immunized" by their faith. This finding was discussed, and recommendations were made to researchers, clinicians, and clergypersons.

Download or read book Hope written by Emily Marlin and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1988 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on years of professional experience with alcoholic family systems and her own childhood with an alcoholic parent, Marlin addresses the legacy of doubt, fear, shame and silence that surrounds adult children of alcoholics.

Download or read book A Time to Heal written by Timmen L. Cermak and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adult Children of Alcoholics written by Janet G. Woititz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980's, Janet Woititz broke new ground in our understanding of what it is to be an Adult Child of an Alcoholic. In this updated edition of her bestseller she re-examines the movement and its inclusion of Adult Children from various dysfunctional family backgrounds who share the same characteristics. After decades of working with ACoAs she shares the recovery hints that she has found to work. Read Adult Children of Alcoholics to see where the journey began and for ideas on where to go from here.

Download or read book Adult Children of Alcoholics written by Phyllis Tainey and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adult Children of Alcoholics written by Sylvia Sue Sims and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparison of Information Seeking and Behavioral Involvement in Health Care Between Older Adult Children of Alcoholics and Older Adult Children of Non alcoholics written by Noreen E. Rose and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adult Children of Alcoholics written by Cynthia Ann Walker and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated how adult children of alcoholics differ from adult children of non-alcoholics when measured on the personality characteristics of autonomy, inferiority and intimacy. The subjects were randomly selected from the employees of a large school district in southeast Virginia. Each subject received a questionnaire package that included the Adjective Check List, Personal Orientation Inventory, Children of Alcoholics Screening Test and The Personal History Questionnaire. The return rate for questionnaire packages was 72%. All subjects were volunteers and their identities remained anonymous to the researcher. The sample size was 130. The subjects were placed in the adult children of alcoholics group (n = 86) if they were parented by an alcoholic and scored six or above on the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST). Subjects were placed in the adult children of non-alcoholics group (n = 44) if they were not parented by an alcoholic and scored below six on the CAST. The subjects were compared on the autonomy and abasement scales of the Adjective Check List, and the capacity of intimate contact (C) scale of The Personal Orientation Inventory. There was no statistically significant difference found between the two groups when a t-test was employed with the alpha level set at the.05. A Bonferroni method was used to control for alpha since several questions were studied. For this population which was primarily white, well-educated, employed, females, there was no statistically significant difference between adult children of alcoholics and adult children of non-alcoholics for the variables of autonomy, inferiority and intimacy. However, self-reported adult children of alcoholics scored statistically significantly higher on the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST) than did self-reported adult children of non- alcoholics using a t-test with the alpha level set at.05. All self reported adult children of alcoholics scored six or above on the CAST. This research was based on the work of Erik Erikson and his developmental stage approach. These findings would indicate that some children of alcoholics may not be in need of treatment or a recovery program.

Download or read book A Comparison of the Self concept of Adult Children of Alcoholics and Nonadult Children of Alcoholics written by Ruth Benson McMillan and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics written by Douglas H. Ruben and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics showcases the first collection of treatment chapters devoted entirely to a systematic behavioral analysis of drinking and nondrinking offspring of alcoholic families. The author identifies the functional and behavioral characteristics that make up the adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) syndrome. This compendium combines current innovations in behavioral medicine with multi-componential interventions shown effective with the variety of disorders evident in this patient population. This handbook for practitioners is richly laced with case examples and addresses the needs of therapists seeking fast, effective and proven treatments for longstanding clinical symptoms of children of alcoholics. First book to use behavioral analysis to talk about Adult Children of Alcoholics Gives introductory principles of conditioning in opening chapters for novice readers First book to say ACOA patterns are predictable, measurable, and treatable in a short time Gives scientifically based criteria to "rate your date" and prevent repeated relationship failures Introduces a new assessment device to diagnose ACOAs Warns therapists of recovery sabotage and how to overcome it