title: Resilience in adult children of alcoholics: a nonpathological approach to social work practice.
abstract: Imperative for social work practice is the need to examine practice frameworks that may inadvertently label variations in cultural expression, ways of navigating stress and threat of harm or social oppression, or periods of reassembly in negative or pathological terms. This article reviews research that explored another way of viewing adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs), because of the epistemology of pathology that grounds research and practice in the area of alcoholism. Using the Differential Resiliency Model (DRM) developed by the author, the study examined qualitative data to obtain a nonpathological approach to understanding the resilience of ACOAs. The DRM can help practitioners provide more timely and appropriate support and services that complement the survival and growth needs of individuals and families. A case example illustrates the use of the model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 66621, USA. zzpalm@pro.wuacc.edu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012947:Social Work; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires