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Behavioural and emotional problems in children of alcoholic mothers and fathers

Christensen, H. Bygholm, Bilenberg, N.·2000·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Abstract

The Child Behavior Check List (CBCL) was used to compare a sample of 103 Danish children of alcoholics (CoA) to a Danish population-based sample (N = 780). The CoA had a significantly greater incidence of symptoms on 17 of the 118 CBCL items. Compared to the reference population, daughters of alcoholics were more impaired than sons of alcoholics on most CBCL measures. In families with maternal alcoholism daughters had higher internalising and depression scores than sons, and in families with paternal alcoholism, sons had higher internalising and depression scores than daughters. The CoA also had a significantly greater risk of scoring above the 95th percentile on internalising behaviour, depression symptoms and socially deviant behaviour. On all CBCL dimensions, almost half of the CoA samples functioned as well as the average of the reference population. The results from this study suggest that CoA should be regarded as a risk group but with very heterogeneous consequences in response to parental alcoholism.

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  • Children who grow up in families with parental alcohol problems are at risk of several psychological, behavioral, cognitive, and social problems.

    “Decades of research have revealed that children who grow up in families with parental alcohol problems are at risk of several psychological, behavioral, cognitive, and social problems (Brunnberg, Eriksson, & Tinnfält, 2007; Christensen & Bilenberg, 2000; Park & Schepp, 2015).”

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Authors
Christensen, H. B., & Bilenberg, N.
Affiliations
Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
Venue
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Published
2000-10-12
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
219-226
ISSN
  • 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-165X
OpenAlex
W1969372395
Cited by
108
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Sundhed og Sygdom, Det Frie Forskningsråd
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
children of alcoholics, parental alcoholism, maternal alcoholism, paternal alcoholism, child behavior problems, emotional problems, internalizing problems, depressive symptoms, gender differences, social deviance, Child Behavior Checklist
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Affect, Alcoholism, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Parents, Child of Impaired Parents

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