Young adult offspring of parents with drinking problems: A study of childhood family cohesion using simple family diagrams

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-149

  Orford, Jim ^a,b   Krishnan, Mya ^a   Velleman, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Childhood; Family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIBLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0346968249     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14659890310001600115     Document Type: Article

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