title: Retrospective reports of parenting received in their families of origin: relationships to adult attachment in adult children of alcoholics.
abstract: The present study examined general and romantic attachment and parenting students received in their families of origin among 401 college students who resided with an alcohol-abusing parent prior to age 16 years as compared to those who did not reside with alcohol-abusing parents. Participants completed the Children's Report of Parent Behavior Instrument [Schludermann, E. and Schludermann, S. (1970). Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory (CRPBI). Canada: University of Manitoba], Experiences in Close Relationships--Revised [Fraley, R. C., Waller, N. G., and Brennan, K. G. (2000). An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 350-365], Relationship Scale Questionnaire [Griffin, D. W. and Bartholomew, K. (1994). Models of the self and other: Fundamental dimensions underlying measures of adult attachment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 430-445], and the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test [Jones, J. W. (1983). The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test: Test manual. Chicago: Camelot]. Young adults who met criteria for ACOAs reported more anxious and avoidant behavior in romantic relationships and a more fearful style of general adult attachment. Parenting behavior in one's family of origin predicted anxious behavior in romantic relationships and a fearful overall style of attachment, whereas being an ACOA and parenting in one's family of origin predicted avoidant behavior in romantic relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA. mkelley@odu.edu
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Tanaya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rawlings
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steer
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fals-Stewart
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires