title: Mother-daughter and father-daughter attachment of college student ACOAs.
abstract: This 2005 study compared parent-child attachment in 89 American female Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs) as compared to 201 non-ACOAs. Women attended a large university in the southeastern United States. Participants categorized as ACOA on the Children of Alcoholics Screen Test (CAST; Jones, 1983) reported significantly more negative affect and less support from their fathers as indicated on the Parental Attachment Questionnaire (Kenney, 1987). When results were examined by the gender of the alcohol-abusing(1) parent, participants who suspected their fathers were problem drinkers did not differ from non-ACOAs in their attachment to either parent. As compared to non-ACOAs, women who self-identified as daughters of problem-drinking mothers reported poorer attachment both to mothers and fathers.
authors.affiliation: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0267, USA. Mkelley@odu.edu
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Valarie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: Kaitlin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bountress
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fals-Stewart
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steer
authors.forename: Cathy G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Cooke