Download or read book The Impact of Childhood Family Disruption on Substance Use Patterns Among Offspring of Alcoholics written by Michael Alan Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offspring of alcoholic parents have been identified as at risk for maladjustment across many domains of psychosocial functioning, including the development of alcohol and drug problems. However, it is critical to acknowledge that not all children of alcoholics (COAs) are maladjusted. A theoretically- and empirically-based understanding of the relationship between parental alcoholism and behavioral and psychological problems is necessary for the identification of children at greatest risk and for the development of appropriate intervention approaches. The present study investigated how family disruption in childhood, including parental divorce, instability, and aggression and violence between family members, may contribute to the development of alcohol or drug involvement among adolescent COAs. Offspring conduct problems and level of familial support were examined as potential mediating or moderating factors. Subjects, who were selected from an ongoing longitudinal study, included 50 substance abusing and 50 nonabusing adolescents with at least one alcoholic biological parent. Adolescent and parent pairs completed a battery of psychosocial interviews and questionnaires at intake and at follow-up time points of 6 months, 1, 2, and 4 years. Analyses included the cross-sectional comparison of abusers and nonabusers, and longitudinal evaluation of initially nonabusing teens. The families in this study reported much higher rates of violence, including both interparental and parent to child aggression, than those which have been reported in the general population. Childhood family instability was related to offspring conduct problems and lessened familial support in adolescence. However, neither family instability, nor family aggression and violence, during childhood were related to subsequent substance involvement. Contrary to expectations, male adolescents from intact families demonstrated greater risk for substance involvement and abuse than those who experienced parental divorce during childhood. Discrepancies between the present results and previous evidence may be due in part to the present focus on the impact of family disruption on offspring functioning over time rather than concurrently. Future study of the impact of family disruption on COAs should include consideration of alcohol-specific behaviors (such as modeling) as well as changes in the family environment over time.
Download or read book Unwelcome Inheritance written by Lisa Sue Woititz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents affected by addiction can enable their children’s substance abuse and even model addictive behaviors learned from their own parents, passing the cycle on from generation to generation. Learn what you can do to help yourself, your children, and future generations break the cycle of addiction and addictive behaviors. Having grown up with a parent in the throes of addiction, or who got physically sober but perhaps not emotionally so, you know the ravages of addiction firsthand. Through counseling, self-help groups, or classic books such as Adult Children of Alcoholics, you may have an understanding of how the patterns and behaviors associated with addiction play out within families, but applying that knowledge to your own approach to relationships and parenting is another story. In Unwelcome Inheritance, Lisa Sue Woititz combines her own insights with the unpublished contributions of her late mother, the early leader in the Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) movement, Dr. Janet Woititz, uncovering how multiple generations of people affected by addiction continue to enable their children’s substance abuse and how, without realizing it, they continue to model the addictive behaviors learned from their own parents. These ACOA pioneers then bring to light these hidden behavior patterns—including impulsivity, misplaced loyalty, people pleasing, insecure parenting styles, and multiple compulsive and addictive behaviors—so that you can take a clear look at how you got to this point. Additional points of inquiry, illustrated by stories from the trenches of the ACOA movement, help you explore what you can (and can’t) do to help your children, your children’s children, and yourself lead healthy, balanced lives.
Download or read book Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families written by Christine Fewell Huff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help children overcome the increasing dangers they face because of their parents’ addictions Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families addresses the growing concern over children at risk of developing physical and mental health problems because of their parents’ addictions to alcohol and other drugs (AOD), including a chapter on the troubling increase of methamphetamine abuse by parents. The book’s contributors examine current research findings from the United States, Australia, Ireland, and Israel to provide much-needed insight into the effects of addiction on family dynamics, parental attachment styles, and family characteristics. The book also looks at the impact of addiction on school-aged children and on mothers in residential treatment with their children, survey assessment instruments and treatment outcomes, and the value of Student Assistance Services for older children. Almost 25 percent of children in the United States live in a household where a parent or other adult is a heavy or binge drinker. More than 10 percent live in family where illicit drugs are used. Children of alcoholics are nearly 10 times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder as other children, and often develop behavior problems such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. Children of illicit drug abusers are more likely than other children to demonstrate immature, impulsive, or irresponsible behavior, to have lower IQ scores, and poorer school attendance. Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families focuses on these critical and often ignored aspects of addiction, providing the latest evidence-based qualitative and quantitative research findings, as well as a summary of available literature. Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families examines: the impact on children at various developmental stages the role of the family as a treatment resource alcohol problems and marriage parental attachment styles of drug-using fathers family cohesion and adaptability self-in-relations theory family-centered service models the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) adolescent substance abuse treatment online treatment options Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families is an essential resource for both academics and practitioners working in social work, addictions counseling, sociology, psychology, public health, and family and children’s studies.
Download or read book Children of Addiction written by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children of Addiction reports important original research on the biological and psychological effects of addiction in children. The contributions are uniformly well written and reflect the larger social implications of the research undertaken. The book will be useful for a broad array of courses on alcoholism and/or drugs and behaviour in a variety of graduate level courses in education, medicine, psychology, psychiatry and public health and policy.
Download or read book The Offspring of Alcoholics written by Yvonne Walmsley and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adult Children written by Adult Children of Alcoholics (Association) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the official ACA Fellowship Text that is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (ACA WSO) Conference Approved Literature. Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is an independent 12 Step and 12 Tradition anonymous program.
Download or read book Alcohol Abuse and Its Implications for Families written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children of Alcoholics written by Barry Stimmel and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children of alcoholics number an estimated 28 million people in the United States alone. This important volume offers informative new insights for the professional on the common risks, difficulties, and needs of people who grow up in a family with an alcoholic parent. Leading experts in the alcoholism field examine the significant research and clinical developments in the field. They focus on such topics as treatment approaches, alcohol expectancy and conditioning in alcoholics'offspring, fetal alcohol syndrome, prenatal alcohol exposure, infant behavior and development, and much more.
Download or read book Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families written by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help children overcome the increasing dangers they face because of their parents' addictions Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families addresses the growing concern over children at risk of developing physical and mental health problems because of their parents' addictions to alcohol and other drugs (AOD), including a chapter on the troubling increase of methamphetamine abuse by parents. The book's contributors examine current research findings from the United States, Australia, Ireland, and Israel to provide much-needed insight into the effects of addiction on family dynamics, parental attachment styles, and family characteristics. The book also looks at the impact of addiction on school-aged children and on mothers in residential treatment with their children, survey assessment instruments and treatment outcomes, and the value of Student Assistance Services for older children. Almost 25 percent of children in the United States live in a household where a parent or other adult is a heavy or binge drinker. More than 10 percent live in family where illicit drugs are used. Children of alcoholics are nearly 10 times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder as other children, and often develop behavior problems such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. Children of illicit drug abusers are more likely than other children to demonstrate immature, impulsive, or irresponsible behavior, to have lower IQ scores, and poorer school attendance. Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families focuses on these critical and often ignored aspects of addiction, providing the latest evidence-based qualitative and quantitative research findings, as well as a summary of available literature. Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families examines: the impact on children at various developmental stages the role of the family as a treatment resource alcohol problems and marriage parental attachment styles of drug-using fathers family cohesion and adaptability self-in-relations theory family-centered service models the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) adolescent substance abuse treatment online treatment options Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families is an essential resource for both academics and practitioners working in social work, addictions counseling, sociology, psychology, public health, and family and children's studies.
Download or read book Children of Substance Abusing Parents written by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, PhD, CAS and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Children of Substance-Abusing Parents: Dynamics and Treatment" is a necessary reference for all mental health professionals and students who need to understand and treat this population. It offers an invaluable look attreatment options and programmatic interventions across the life span and fills an important gap in the current literature. The contributors include a wide range of experts who provide up-to-date evidence-based clinical and programmatic strategies for working with children of alcohol and other substance-abusing parents of any age and in almost any practice setting. This highly recommended book is a valuable resource for all practitioners and students concerned about this very large, but often hidden group of individuals and families." From the Foreword by Sis Wenger President/CEO National Association for Children of Alcoholics Parental drug abuse and alcoholism have an enormously detrimental impact on children and adolescents. Children whose parents suffer from drug abuse or alcoholism often face multiple physical, mental, and behavioral issues. They are at a greater risk for depression, anxiety, low self esteem, and addiction, and also are known to have poor school attendance, difficulty concentrating, and lower IQ scores. This book offers health care practitioners proactive programs and innovative strategies to use with this vulnerable population. Taking a comprehensive, life course approach, the authors discuss the implications and interventions at the prenatal stage, through childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood. With this book, social workers and health care practitioners can help assess and intervene with children of substance abusing parents. Key topics: Dynamics in families with substance abusing parents and treatment implications Issues across the life span of children of substance abusing parents Prevention and early intervention programs for pregnant women who abuse substances Programs for young children, adolescents, college students, and children with incarcerated parents
Download or read book Children of Alcoholics written by Kenneth J. Sher and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-10-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study offers a comprehensive, critical look at what is known and not known about children of alcoholics, and also constructs a model for assessing existing theory and introducing new methodological rigor into this field.
Download or read book Adult Children of Alcoholics The Comprehensive Guide written by Viruti Shivan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey of healing and self-discovery with "Adult Children of Alcoholics - The Comprehensive Guide." This pivotal resource provides insight, compassionate guidance, and practical tools for anyone seeking to understand and overcome the unique challenges faced by individuals who grew up in the shadow of alcoholism. With this guide, you'll explore the profound impact that parental alcohol abuse can have on children - stretching from childhood into adult life. From identifying common patterns and personality traits to unraveling the complex emotional web that binds families affected by addiction, this book offers a beacon of hope and understanding. Expertly blending personal narratives with professional expertise, the guide takes you step by step through the process of healing. Whether you're an adult child of an alcoholic, a loved one, or a professional seeking to offer support, you'll find invaluable resources within these pages. Topics covered include: - The definition and characteristics of the Adult Child Syndrome - How to recognize and break the cycle of addiction - Coping strategies for dealing with lingering emotional trauma - Building healthy relationships and setting boundaries - Techniques for developing self-esteem and autonomy - Finding professional help and supportive communities "Adult Children of Alcoholics - The Comprehensive Guide" is more than just a book; it's a pathway to reclaiming your life and forging a brighter, more stable future. Take the first step towards transformation and empowerment today.
Download or read book Parenting and Substance Abuse written by Nancy E. Suchman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parenting and Substance Abuse is the first book to report on pioneering efforts to move the treatment of substance-abusing parents forward by embracing their roles and experiences as mothers and fathers directly and continually across the course of treatment.
Download or read book Typological Differences in Patterns of Risk Among Young Children of Alcoholics written by Deborah Ann Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing Legacies written by and published by Health Communications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research Awards Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Addictive Behaviors written by G. Alan Marlatt and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since the successful predecessor of this volume was first published, a new generation of research has become available on addictive behaviors. The chapters in this all-new collection, reprinted from American Psychological Association journal articles, describe biological, psychological, and social approaches to researching and treating such behaviors. Psychologists' roles in mediating the negative effects of addiction include researching the epidemiology and etiology of drug and alcohol abuse, designing prevention and treatment programs, understanding the trajectory of substance abuse and family risk factors, screening and assessment, and understanding the needs of specific populations. The latest approaches co all of these tasks are showcased in this volume"--Cover. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
