Disrupted family rituals; a factor in the intergenerational transmission of alcoholism.

Wolin, Steven J.; Bennett, Linda A.; Noonan, Devon; Teitelbaum, Martha Ann

doi:10.15288/jsa.1980.41.199

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“…The literature documents that, in families of Caucasian alcoholic parents, failure to maintain family rituals has been associated with the development of alcohol problems in children (Wolin, Bennett, Noonan, & Feitelbaum, 1980). This finding is consistent with the significant difference found between the user groups in participation in tribal activities and, as with that finding, is consistent with Oetting and Beauvais' (1989) view on the importance of positive cultural identification to substance use.…”

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Factors Influencing the Pursuit of Educational Opportunities in American Indian Students

Fore¹

1998

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Examining the season of birth of those with psychiatric disorders is not a new idea. It has long been recognized that patients suffering from schizophrenia are more likely to be born in the first three months of the year (Barry & Barry, 1961; Editorial,1978;Hare & Price, 1968;Pulver, Stewart, Carpenter, & Childs, 1983;Torrey, Torrey, & Peterson, 1977). Similar data is available showing a higher winter birth rate for those with Bipolar Disorder (Barry & Barry, 1961, Hare & Price, 1968Hare, Price, & Slater, 1973) and for those with mental retardation (Knobloch & Pasamanick, 1958). Because 44% (Robins, Murphy, & Wilkinson, 1959;Roy, 1982) to 64% (Barraclough, Bunch, Nelson, & Sainsbury, 1974) of all suicide victims suffer from depression, and an additional fraction ranging from 2% (Barraclough et al., 2 VOLUME 8, NUMBER 1 1974;Robins et al., 1959) to 38% (Roy, 1982) suffer from schizophrenia, the authors were interested to see if a seasonal difference in birth rate exists for suicide victims.Previous work on month of birth of suicide victims produced inconsistent results. Two studies showed an excess of summer births in suicide victims. Pokorney (1960) in a survey of only 44 suicide victims showed a marked increase in a July birth month. Lester, Reeve, and Priebe (1970) showed no significant difference in month of birth of suicide victims, but found a slight excess of summer births. However, others did not find a seasonal difference. Sanborn and Sanborn (1974) found no significant differences in month of birth of suicide victims, and Beck and Lester (1973) found no significant differences in month of birth of suicide attempters. All of these studies examined suicide birth month at only one location. We examined suicide birth rates in different seasons among Alaska Natives.Seasonal suicide rates for Alaska Natives were initially examined because of high suicide rates for that population-both compared to the general U.S. population as well as to suicide rates for the Alaska state population as a whole. The non-native population of the state is relatively transient and would have been far less likely to be born in Alaska compared to Alaska Natives who were born and lived in their native state. So the authors did not examine birth dates of non-native Alaskan suicide victims since they were less likely to be born in Alaska.To study seasonal differences in suicide birth month, however, it would clearly be most advantageous to study suicide birth rates at different locations, at different latitudes, where seasonal influences would vary. More northern latitudes have larger differences between seasons than more southern latitudes. Should any seasonal difference in suicide birth rate occur, the effects should be most prominent where seasonal differences are most prominent. Accordingly, these differences should gradually decrease as latitude and intensity of seasonal differences decrease.Others have suggested that seasonal effects on mood vary by latitude. Rosenthal et al. (1988) demonstrated different seasonal changes of...

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1998

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“…Previous studies show that diminished risk of negative outcomes for COAs whose families are able to maintain rituals and a regularity of routine (e.g., observing holidays, eating meals together) despite having an actively alcoholic parent (Wolin et al 1980). Moreover, some work has suggested that the functioning of the non-alcoholic parent may play a protective role, though findings are mixed Werner 1986).…”

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Disaggregating the Distal, Proximal, and Time-Varying Effects of Parent Alcoholism on Children’s Internalizing Symptoms

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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We tested whether children show greater internalizing symptoms when their parents are actively abusing alcohol. In an integrative data analysis, we combined observations over ages 2 through 17 from two longitudinal studies of children of alcoholic parents and matched controls recruited from the community. Using a mixed modeling approach, we tested whether children showed elevated mother- and child-reported internalizing symptoms (a) at the same time that parents showed alcohol-related consequences (time-varying effects), (b) if parents showed greater alcohol-related consequences during the study period (proximal effects), and (c) if parents had a lifetime diagnosis of alcoholism that predated the study period (distal effects). No support for time-varying effects was found; proximal effects of mothers' alcohol-related consequences on child-reported internalizing symptoms were found and distal effects of mother and father alcoholism predicted greater internalizing symptoms among children of alcoholic parents. Implications for the time-embedded relations between parent alcoholism and children's internalizing symptoms are discussed.

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“…In their review of well-adjusted children of alcoholics, they report that some CoAs (in contrast to children of non-alcoholic parents) score higher on measures of self esteem and locus of control (Keane, 1983;Werner, 1986), are able to reframe negative experiences in a positive light and report less depression (Clair and Genest, 1987), and seek out emotional support (Bennett, Wolin, Reiss, and Teitelbaum, 1987;Callan and Jackson, 1986;Fergusson and Lynskey, 1996;Hughes, 1977;Ohannessian and Hesselbrock, 1993;Selnow and Crane, 1986). A few other studies report on the resilience in children of alcoholics and other substance users by examining family, individual, or behavioral characteristics that might influence these children to grow into healthy adaptive adults (Bennett et al, 1987;Werner and Johnson, 2004;Wolin and Wolin, 1985;Wolin, Bennett, Noonan, and Teitelbaum, 1980).…”

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Resilience in Children of Substance Users: In Their Own Words

Moe

Johnson

Wade

2007

Substance Use & Misuse

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Understanding what children of alcoholics and other substance users experience has dominated the scientific literature and popular press for the past several decades. To date, the empirical studies have relied primarily on quantitative data to understand the individual and environmental factors associated with the lives, the developmental trajectories, and the growth of children of alcoholics and other substance users. Many of these studies focus on their risks, and very few of them focus on their strengths. Additionally, very few studies have used qualitative techniques to collect data. While quantitative studies have given us great insight, perhaps we could learn a great deal more if we employed data collection methods which would actually provide us with the child's perception of their strengths, or resilience, and what they think it takes to grow into happy, healthy adults. For this reason, this study presents data from the interviews of 50 children of substance users who present their views on resilience.

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Disrupted family rituals; a factor in the intergenerational transmission of alcoholism.

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Factors Influencing the Pursuit of Educational Opportunities in American Indian Students

Factors Influencing the Pursuit of Educational Opportunities in American Indian Students

Disaggregating the Distal, Proximal, and Time-Varying Effects of Parent Alcoholism on Children’s Internalizing Symptoms

Resilience in Children of Substance Users: In Their Own Words

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