title: Self concept and drinking problems of college students raised in alcohol-abused homes.
abstract: To examine drinking problems and self concept of college students raised in homes where alcohol is abused, 148 lower division college students were given the following paper and pencil tests: The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test, The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test, and the "Personal Self" section of The Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Students classified as children of alcoholics had a significantly lower self concept (F = 4.23, p = .04). Tabulation of the incidence of heavy drinking (31%) and lapses of memory after drinking bouts (62%) show an amount of drinking on college campuses that is truly alarming.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston 61920.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rearden
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Markwell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment