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Autor/in | Cook, Jeanmarie |
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Titel | A Review of the Existing Literature on the Alcoholic Family and Children of Alcoholics. Student Debut Paper. |
Quelle | (1987), (38 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Alcoholism; Communication Research; Drinking; Family Communication; Family Environment; Family Influence; Family Problems; Family Role; Interpersonal Communication; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Influence |
Abstract | Noting that little is known about how communication functions in alcoholic families, and about the effects of this alcoholic home environment on children of alcoholics, their communication patterns, and their relationships, this paper identifies strengths and weaknesses in existing literature on the alcoholic family and children of alcoholics. In addition, the paper points out a number of pertinent issues worthy of research in the field of communication. By reviewing research focusing on family climate, dynamics, communication patterns, role conflict and inconsistency, cohesion, conflict and abuse, attitudes, family rituals, characteristics of children of alcoholics, role models, emotional and psychological disorders in children of alcoholics, defense mechanisms, relationships, performance in school, and qualities of resilient children of alcoholics, the paper concludes that children of alcoholics are different in many ways from children of nonalcoholics. A list of 14 characteristics of alcoholic families and adult children of alcoholics summarizes what the existing literature claims. (Three pages of references are appended.) (JK) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |