title: Language, personal-social abilities, and motor performance in preschool children and family characteristics of addicts in southern Italy.
abstract: To replicate a previous study on the same argument by Powers, Duran, and Reynolds (1993), 38 substance abusers' scores on family cohesion, expression, conflict, and the abilities of their children (language, personal-social abilities, fine and gross motor performance) were analyzed. The nonsignificant results confirm those found by Powers, et al.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: de Mojà
mesh_terms: D001076:Aptitude; D001288:Attention; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010553:Personality Development; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment