Coping with ambiguity in multi-ethnic children of alcoholics.
Visual field dependence in 292 multi-ethnic adult children of alcoholics (ACAs) and nonalcoholics (NACAs) was assessed, using the Hidden Figures Test (Ekstrom, French, & Harmon, 1976). There were no differences among ethnic groups, but ACAs achieved a significantly lower percentage of correct answers and more incorrect answers and attempted more questions relative to NACAs. These findings suggest that ACAs' visuospatial deficits are not related to ethnic and cultural factors.
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Division of Psychology, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92666.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism; D001288:Attention; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003463:Cues; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008606:Mental Processes; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013028:Space Perception; D014794:Visual Fields; D014796:Visual Perception