Alcohol misuse has been an increasingly bigger problem and is considered a societal problem. Theoverarching purpose of this study is to illustrate the vulnerability of different groups such aschildren, adolescents and adults, in regards to being a relative to individuals suffering fromalcohol misuse. To achieve this, the study focused on collecting data through systematicallyprocessing and analyzing 15 peer reviewed articles that were run in different countries. Theempirical results of the study show that relatives to an individual with alcohol misuse mainly areaffected by three arching themes, 1) codependency, 2) stigma and 3) internalizing andexternalizing problems. Different categories of the intersectional perspective like gender, age,class can create a twofold vulnerability for the already vulnerable relatives. This essentially leadsto the relative not having the ability to provide support to the individual with the alcohol misuseand simultaneously maintain their own well being. Children, adolescents and adults are vulnerablein different ways, for different reasons.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-55040 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Sauz, Sava |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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