What differentiates ACOAs and non-ACOAs on a black college campus?
This study was designed to determine the prevalence of alcoholic children of alcoholics (ACOAs) on a Black college campus, compare functioning in the family of origin and the availability of social support, and determine the factor that best differentiates ACOAs from non-ACOAs. Nineteen percent of the population studied were classified as ACOAs. Little difference was found in family functioning and social support for ACOAs compared with non-ACOAs, except in the support they received from their mothers. The factor that best differentiated the ACOAs from the non-ACOAs was their drinking level.
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Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012944:Social Support