Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics: Putative Risk Factors, Substance Use and Abuse, and Psychopathology

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 427-448

  Sher, Kenneth J ^a   Walitzer, Kimberly S ^a   Wood, Phillip K ^a   Brent, Edward E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026329175     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.100.4.427     Document Type: Article

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