Constitutional factors predictive of alcoholism in a follow-up of delinquent boys.
The constitutional, behavioral and rearing experiences of a group of juvenile delinquents were studied to determine which variables differentiated alcoholics from nonalcoholics on follow-up. A measure of relative femininity of the physique was the strongest discriminant of adult alcoholism.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D003415:Crime; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012306:Risk; D012931:Social Environment; D013008:Somatotypes