Effects of deviant child behavior on parental alcohol consumption. Stress-induced drinking in parents of ADHD children.
Distress and ad lib alcohol consumption after interactions with child confederates were investigated in parents of children with externalizing disorders--attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), or oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Sixty subjects interacted with boys trained to act like either normal children or children with ADHD/CD/ODD. Interactions with deviant confederates resulted in feelings of inadequacy and produced negative affect but had no effect on alcohol consumption. Post hoc analyses showed that parents with a family history of alcohol problems (FH+) showed increased drinking after interaction with a deviant confederate, compared with FH+ parents who interacted with the normal confederate. FH- parents showed the opposite pattern of results.
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State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Psychology 14260, USA.
Lang
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Atkeson
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Murphy
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Gnagy
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Greiner
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Vodde-Hamilton
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Greenslade
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors