The specificity of disrupted processes in families of adult children of alcoholics

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 361-367

  Menees, Michelle Mize ^a   Segrin, Chris ^b  

^a WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033864091     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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