title: Parental alcoholism and other family disruptions: adult outcomes among sisters.
abstract: Adult outcomes were investigated in 14 pairs of African-American and white daughters of alcoholic parents. On the basis of four outcome factors, subjects were divided into three sister-pair categories: well-adjusted, impaired, and mixed. Interviews and standardized questionnaires showed that family-of-origin variables contributing to the impaired adult outcomes included parental psychiatric problems and childhood abuse or neglect.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Drug Institute, School of Social Work, Boston University, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amodeo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies