Does Individual Treatment for Alcoholic Fathers Benefit Their Children? A Longitudinal Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Andreas, Jasmina Burdzovic; O'Farrell, Timothy J.; Fals-Stewart, William
Titel	Does Individual Treatment for Alcoholic Fathers Benefit Their Children? A Longitudinal Assessment
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74 (2006) 1, S.191-198 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Fathers; Alcoholism; Children; Longitudinal Studies; Therapy; Adjustment (to Environment); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Child Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alkoholismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Therapie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Psychosocial adjustment in children of alcoholics (COAs; N = 125) was examined before and at 3 follow-ups in the 15 months after their fathers entered alcoholism treatment. Before their fathers' treatment, COAs exhibited greater overall and clinical-level symptomatology than children from the demographically matched comparison sample, but they improved significantly following their fathers' treatment. Children of stably remitted fathers were similar to their demographic counterparts from the comparison sample and had fewer adjustment problems than children of relapsed fathers, even after accounting for children's baseline adjustment. Thus, COAs' adjustment improved when their fathers received treatment for alcoholism, and fathers' recovery from alcoholism was associated with clinically significant reductions in child problems. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10