The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of parental patterns of chemical abuse, family of origin stress management style, family of origin use of ritual, gender role identity and family of origin role identity to the intergenerational transmission of chemical abuse and dependency problems and specifically, alcoholism. / One hundred adult alcoholics and one hundred adult nonalcoholics were given a questionnaire which asked them to retrospectively assess their families of origin on stress management style, the continuity of rituals and routines and the character roles they had played in their families as adolescents. Also, subjects were asked to assess their current gender role identity. The quantitative data obtained were analyzed through discriminant analysis and analysis of covariance. / The findings of this study revealed that all but two of the nine variables contributed significantly to the explanation of variations in alcohol use patterns among the subjects. The Mascot family role identity and gender role identity were the two exceptions. It was also found that predispositional family of origin patterns were different for males and females. Females were more affected by stress management style and rituals and males by parental chemical abuse, especially when compounded with a Scapegoat or Lost Child role identity in the family of origin. Finally, a list of optimal discriminators was derived for each sex which could be used to assess the likelihood of chemical abuse problems in children and adolescents. For females the list included Scapegoat role identity, Stress Management Style, Lost Child role identity and Father's Chemical Use. For males, Scapegoat role identity, Father's Chemical Use, Lost Child role identity, and Mother's Chemical Use combined to make-up the optimal list of discriminators. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: A, page: 1588. / Major Professor: Mary Hicks. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76306 |
| Contributors | Leavell, Hugh Rodman., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 168 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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