title: Effects of deviant child behavior on parental alcohol consumption. Stress-induced drinking in parents of ADHD children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Psychology 14260, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Pelham
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Atkeson
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gnagy
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vodde-Hamilton
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Greenslade
mesh_terms: 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