title: Children of alcoholics and adolescence: individuation, development, and family systems.
abstract: Recent developmental studies have highlighted the traumatic experiences faced by youngsters from alcoholic families. So far, however, the concept of individuation has remained missing from the discussion. This article links the developmental-familial implications of parental alcoholism with the individuation process and suggests a developmental agenda for understanding adolescents coping with the influences of parental alcoholism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117, USA.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Crespi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sabatelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D017004:Codependency, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors