Parental Alcoholism as a Determinant of Drinking Styles in Their Adult Children

A Review Running head: PARENTAL ALCOHOLISM AS A DETERMINANT OF DRINKING Parental Alcoholism as a Determinant of Drinking Styles in Their Adult Children: A review Considerable research has been conducted in recent years on the personality characteristics of adult and adolescent children of alcoholics ( Berkowitz & Perkins, 1988; Seefeldt & Lyon, 1992). In order for us to examine some of the literature concerning the drinking patterns of adult children, we will begin by examining other defining traits …showed first 75 words of 4307 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4307 total…studies on the rates of alcoholism in ACOA's and non-ACOA's. Most of the studies indicated higher rates of alcoholism in ACOA's. Unfortunately, these studies were unable to account for other mediating variables in the occurrence of increased rates of alcoholism. A study by Goodwin (1979) suggested that future research should focus on not only the genetic transmission of alcoholism, but also on the concurrent societal conditioning that seems to predispose individuals for alcoholism. His study consis