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Peer reviewedKershaw-Bellemare, Robyne; Mosak, Harold H. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1993
Notes that children of alcoholics use common maladaptively successful methods to achieve their survival-oriented fictive goals and carry these behaviors with them into adulthood. Discusses insidious and enduring effects of alcoholism on lifestyle of adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs). Describes developmental legacy of alcoholism as legacy of…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Alcoholism, Coping, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedGoodman, Ronald W. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1987
Presents analysis of adult children of alcoholics, their experience and adjustment in relation to the severity and type of alcoholism, age considerations and perceptions as a child, and existence and nature of significant others. Discusses alcoholics' and others' family issues, focusing on roles taken, and personality characteristics. Emphasizes…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Children, Alcoholism, Family Problems
