Identifying offspring of problem-drinking parents: Comparison of five self-report measures

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1817-1836

  Cummings, Sheila J ^a,c   Griffin, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic parents; Offspring; Optimal cutoff score; Self report measure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0032719398     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089909039428     Document Type: Article

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