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The Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on the Behavior of School Children

The purpose of the present archival study was to investigate the relationship between parental substance abuse and the risk for maladjustment and psychopathology in children in a clinic sample. Children of alcoholic parents and children of drug-dependent parents were compared to children of non-substance abusing parents. The subjects were 83 boys age 6 to 12. Children of substance abuse parents had lower levels of adaptive functioning and higher levels of school behavioral problems. Although previous studies have reported a strong association between an adverse family environment and the risk of child maladjustment, the present study did not find that the addition of an adverse family environment increased the risk for maladjustment or school behavioral problems in children of substance abusers.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc501187
Date05 1900
CreatorsPrelow, Hazel (Hazel M.)
ContributorsMartin, Sander, 1939-, Brick, Harry J., Burke, Angela J.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 63 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Prelow, Hazel (Hazel M.), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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