Childhood problems of alcoholic women.
A sample of three hundred and nine alcoholic and non-alcoholic women in South Carolina were asked three family of origin questions that were thought to relate to the development of alcoholism. Specifically the women were asked: "While you were growing up did anyone in your family (1) drink a lot, (2) use drugs, and (3) serve a jail sentence." Results of multivariate odds ratio analyses indicate that alcoholic women were 7.31 times more likely to report a family member who drank a lot, 3.57 times more likely to report a family member who used drugs, and 5.6 times more likely to report a family member who served a jail sentence in their families of origin. The prediction of alcoholism by any of these family of origin variables did not differ as a function of age or race.
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University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011329:Prisoners; D012940:Social Problems; D013022:South Carolina; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders