title: The relationship between the family density of alcoholism and externalizing symptoms among 146 children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence of externalizing symptoms, such as attention problems, aggression and delinquency in the offspring of alcoholics.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 146 children were divided into three groups with no (group 1, n = 28), one or two (group 2, n = 103) and three or more (group 3, n = 15) first- or second-degree relatives with an alcohol use disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The group comparisons revealed that the children of group 3 had significantly higher values for the Child Behavior Checklist scales of attention and delinquent behavioural problems. The results remained significant after controlling for some additional factors such as antisocial personality disorder and drug dependence in the parents.
authors.affiliation: UCSD Department of Psychiatry (116A), VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barnow
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuckit
authors.forename: Tom L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Preuss
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Danko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male