Validity and reliability of an "Adult Children of Alcoholics" Index.
A 21-item Adult Children Of Alcoholics (ACOA) Index was statistically analyzed in an effort to develop a measure of identifying and assessing ACOAs. The ACOA Index, administered to a conference sample (n = 328), produced four factors suggesting rejection, impulsiveness, inconsistency, and deliberation. The ACOA Index was most highly correlated with indexes for mild depression and low self-esteem. ACOAs scored significantly higher on the ACOA Index than non-ACOAs with an overall correct classification of 67%. Test-retest procedure produced a Pearson r = .80 using a college student sample (n = 134), but only r = .40 for a sample of alcohol inpatients (n = 34). The alpha coefficient for the ACOA Index is .85.
Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 15705.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers