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Characterizing the life stressors of children of alcoholic parents.

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Hussong, Andrea M., Bauer, Daniel J., Huang, Wenjing, Chassin, Laurie, Sher, Kenneth J., Zucker, Robert A.·2008·Journal of Family Psychology

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The current study examined differences between children of alcoholic (COAs) and nonalcoholic parents in their experience of negative life events across 3 longitudinal studies together spanning the first 3 decades of life. The authors posited that COAs would differ from their peers in the life domains in which they are vulnerable to stressors, in the recurrence of stressors, and in the severity of stressors. Scale- and item-level analyses of adjusted odds ratios based on stressors across 7 life domains showed that COAs consistently reported greater risk for stressors in the family domain. COAs were also more likely to experience stressors repetitively and to rate their stressors as more severe (in adulthood). Implications for prevention and intervention programs targeting this risk group are discussed.

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  • A multitude of studies investigating adolescent children of problem-drinking parents report increasing problems when COA reach their adolescence.

    “a multitude of studies investigating the adolescent children of problem-drinking parents report increasing problems when COA reach their adolescence (Chassin et al., 1999; Hussong et al., 2008; Park & Schepp, 2015).”

    From “I Feel It In My Heart When My Parents Fight”: Experiences of 7–9-Year-Old Children of Alcoholics (2018) · cites this paper as Hussong et al., 2008

    The Adolescent and Family Development Project Results report that adolescent children of alcoholic parents had greater risk of family and financial stressors than controls. The Discussion says this stress is evident from an early age and persists into adulthood; it does not establish that problems increase specifically when children reach adolescence. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  1. Moos RH Development and applications of new measures of life stressors, social resources, and coping responses European Journal of Psychological Assessment 1995 11 1 13
  2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, O. o. t. S. G The surgeon general’s call to action to prevent and reduce underage drinking 2007 20669519

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Authors
Hussong, A. M., Bauer, D. J., Huang, W., Chassin, L., Sher, K. J., & Zucker, R. A.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Arizona State University (US)
  • University of Missouri (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
Venue
Journal of Family Psychology
Published
2008
Volume
22
Issue
6
Pages
819-832
ISSN
  • 0893-3200 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1293
OpenAlex
W2108713052
Cited by
81
References
63
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Family Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
Sponsor name not included (DA15398, DA13148, AA016213, AA13987, AA07065)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
parental alcoholism, life events, negative life events, family stress, stressor severity, childhood and adulthood, prevention and intervention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Alcoholism, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Michigan, Personality Assessment, Recurrence, Risk Factors, Cohort Studies, Child of Impaired Parents, Adult Children, Young Adult

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