Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family.

Abbott, Stephanie

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ERIC Number: EJ485997

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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ISSN: ISSN-1064-7023

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Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family.

Abbott, Stephanie

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, v2 n3 p8-10 Fall 1993

Discusses problems faced by children growing up in an alcoholic family. Reviews four survivor roles of children of alcoholics (COAs): super-coper, scapegoat, lost child, and family mascot. Describes alcoholism as a disease of denial. Reviews the Children of Alcoholics movement begun by adult COAs to become advocates for COAs. (NB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Children, Family Life, Family Relationship, Role Perception

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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