title: Parental bonding in men with alcohol disorders: a relationship with conduct disorder.
abstract: Men from a clinical treatment setting suffering from alcohol dependence, and randomly selected men from the community diagnosed as having alcohol abuse and/or dependence, completed the Parental Bonding Instrument. The men from the alcohol treatment setting perceived both parents as having been uncaring and overprotective. In the general population sample, an uncaring and overprotective parental style was strongly associated with childhood conduct disorder, but not with alcohol disorder symptoms. This discrepancy in perceived parenting highlights the difficulties in extrapolating findings about aetiological factors for alcohol disorders from clinical samples. It also suggests that childhood conduct disorder and adult antisocial behaviour could influence which men with alcohol disorders receive inpatient treatment.
authors.affiliation: University of Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sellman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Frampton
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bushnell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oakley-Browne
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hornblow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors