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Download full textJohnson, Jeannette L.; Bennett, Linda A. – 1989
The concept of adult children of alcoholics (ACoA) has received wide public recognition and acceptance. An ACoA is defined as any adult who, as a child, was reared by one or two alcoholic parents. To date research has not sufficiently addressed the many questions generated by the grass roots movement, such as whether or not adult children of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Children, Alcoholism, Drinking
Watkins, Karen E.; And Others – 1989
There are over 28 million children of alcoholics in the United States, 22 million of whom have now reached adulthood yet continue to experience emotional, mental, and physical effects of life in an alcoholic family. In the workplace, adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) have recently become acknowledged as a group who face special challenges. The…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Alcoholism, Employee Assistance Programs, Employees
