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Alcoholism in Women.
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Mutzell, Sture – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Compared characteristics of female alcoholics receiving treatment with those of male alcoholics. Found male subjects had more psychosocial problems and had more contact with the child welfare authorities during their childhood than did the females. However, the females' offspring had had more such contact than the males' offspring. Socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Behavior Problems, Children
Do Daughters of Female Alcoholics Have More Problems during Childhood and Adolescence than Sons?
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Mutzell, Sture – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Examined 171 female alcoholic inpatients, including subjects' own childhood, offspring, and family environment. Found that female alcoholics resemble males alcoholics and have disturbed childhoods with a drug- or alcohol-abusing, suicidal parent. In particular, boys of female alcoholics are extremely vulnerable during adolescence and have a more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alcoholism, Childhood Attitudes
Male Offspring of Alcoholic Parents Compared with Men from the General Population.
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Mutzell, Sture – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Reports a longitudinal study comparing 211 male inpatients in Stockholm, Sweden, alcohol clinic with a random sample of 200 men from Stockholm's general population. Random sample and inpatient males who also reported drug use had more psychosocial problems and had grown up in families with more abuse of alcohol and drugs than those who did not…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Drug Abuse
Mental Symptoms and Disorders in Adulthood among Offspring of Alcoholic Parents.
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Mutzell, Sture – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Compared characteristics and behaviors of 211 male inpatients of an alcohol clinic and a random sample of 200 men from the greater Stockholm area. Those individuals from both groups who used alcohol and hepatotoxic drugs were equally likely to develop social maladjustment problems, including abuse of alcohol and drugs, while they were growing up.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Comparative Analysis, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Mortality, Suicide, Social Maladjustment and Criminality among Male Alcoholic Parents and Men from the General Population and Their Offspring.
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Mutzell, Sture – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
A longitudinal study of 211 male inpatients at an alcohol clinic and their children, and a random sample of 200 men and their children, found that men in both groups who used alcohol and drugs were equally likely to be involved in crimes with drugs, whereas children in both groups exhibited similar levels of social maladjustment and health…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Crime, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Are Boys More Vulnerable than Girls in Alcoholic Families?
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Mutzell, Sture – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
A 15-year study examined the lives of male alcoholic inpatients and their children. Found differences in social adjustment and health status between the children of alcoholics and the control children. These children also required greater social assistance, particularly those in homes where alcohol and drug use combined. Boys were more vulnerable…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Child Health, Childhood Needs