Parental Alcoholism and Co Occurring Antisocial Prospective Relationships to Externalizing Behavior Problems in their Young Sons
The purpose of this study to conclude whether parental alcoholism and co-occurring antisocial behavior is directly connected to behavior problems in children which is exhibited externally. The signs of parental alcoholism that are acted out through children in these situations are usually a lack of mental, physical, and social control. ... This study will attempt to answer whether these specific external actions in children and subsequent family is a result of parental alcoholism through the use of a controlled testing environment. ... What is examined is the independent contributions of alcoholism in parents when the children were between the ages of 6-8 years old. ... At initial contact, a positive alcoholism diagnosis was done, and seventy-three percent of the alcoholic men met either moderate or severe alcohol dependence.