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Dube, Shanta R.; Anda, Robert F.; Felitti, Vincent J.; Croft, Janet B.; Edwards, Valerie J.; Giles, Wayne H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
A study involving 8,629 adults examined the association between parental alcohol abuse and child abuse, neglect, and other household dysfunction. Compared to households without alcohol abuse, the adjusted odds ratio for each category of adverse childhood experience was 2 to 13 times higher if parents abused alcohol. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
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Woldt, Bradley D.; Bradley, John R. – Journal of Drug Education, 1996
Investigates direct and mediating effects of mechanisms hypothesized to account for the association between parental problem drinking and later problem drinking by offspring. Parents' drinking affected later problematic alcohol use by offspring. For both sexes, parental problem drinking reduced adaptive family functioning, which was subsequently…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Child Neglect
Moskovkina, A. G.; Sagdullaev, A. A. – Soviet Education, 1990
Discusses research into parental alcoholism as the cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Reports that a study examined the family history of children in 18 schools in the Soviet Union. Concludes that intellectual deficiencies can be traced to various genetic and environmental factors. Calls for early intervention to prevent intellectual…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Boarding Schools, Child Development Centers