Parental distress as a mediator of problem behaviors in sons of alcohol-involved families

Family Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-301

  Loukas, Alexandra ^a   Piejak, Lisa A ^b   Bingham, C Raymond ^c   Fitzgerald, Hiram E ^d   Zucker, Robert A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Early Intervention Preprimary P   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child behavior problems; Children of alcoholics; Parent alcoholism; Parent antisocial behavior; Parent distress; Parent physical health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035601794     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00293.x     Document Type: Review

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