Parental alcoholism and other family disruptions: Adult outcomes among sisters.

Abstract

Adult outcomes were investigated in 14 pairs of African-American and white daughters of alcoholic parents. On the basis of four outcome factors, subjects were divided into three sister-pair categories: well-adjusted, impaired, and mixed. Interviews and standardized questionnaires showed that family-of-origin variables contributing to the impaired adult outcomes included parental psychiatric problems and childhood abuse or neglect.

Black Women and White Women: Do Perceptions of Childhood Family Environment Differ?

“…Hence, we oversampled for Black women and those with alcoholic parents in order to achieve a balanced sample by race and parental alcoholism. A pilot study helped refine recruitment and screening procedures (Amodeo & Griffin, 1997; Griffin & Amodeo, 1998). To be included in the survey, subjects were required to be female, aged 21–65, U.S. born with U.S.‐born parents, either White or Black, and to have lived in a two‐parent household for at least 10 years in childhood.…”

Recruiting a Community Sample of African American Subjects: The Nuts and Bolts of a Successful Effort

“…A pilot study preceded the development of this research protocol (Amodeo & Griffin, 1997;Griffin & Amodeo, 1998). We were able to experiment with different recruitment techniques and compare their results, as well as compare the efforts needed to recruit minority subjects.…”

“…In addition to an appealing message, we sought simplicity, choosing: "African American and White women wanted for a study of families." As indicated in our pilot study (Amodeo & Griffin, 1997;Griffin & Amodeo, 1998), many women were motivated to participate in this study by their interest in talking about their families. b.…”

Substance abuse among adolescents: a cross-cultural review

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“…A study by Navarro et al (15) confirmed the importance of the family role in prevention of substance abuse and found that the main reason for drug consumption was "to have fun". Other Latin American cultures in Cambodia and Haiti consider narcotics as medicine rather than drugs of abuse (14).…”