Parental alcoholism and other family disruptions: Adult outcomes among sisters

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 585-593

  Amodeo, Maryann ^a   Griffin, Margaret ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; NEGLECT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SIBLING;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030688852     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080256     Document Type: Article

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