Multiple stressors and adjustment among adult children of alcoholics

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-434

  Hall, Cathy W ^a   Webster, Raymond E ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Greenville Psychological Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adult children of alcoholics; Alcoholism; Dysfunctional families; Multiple stressors; Resiliency

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547951697     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701261865     Document Type: Article

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