Risk and Resilience
Adults Who Were the Children of Problem Drinkers
Seiten
2000
Harwood Academic Publishers,The Netherlands (Verlag)
978-90-5823-196-3 (ISBN)
Harwood Academic Publishers,The Netherlands (Verlag)
978-90-5823-196-3 (ISBN)
Alcohol-related problems are recognized as being near the very top of the world league table of health and social problems. "Risk and Resilience" looks at the issue of young adults who grew up in families where a parent, sometimes both, had a drinking problem.
Risk and Resilience looks at the issue of young adults who grew up in families where a parent, and sometimes both, had a drinking problem. Alcohol-related problems are now recognized as being near the very top of the world league table of health and social problems. Since the large majority of problem drinkers are adults aged between 22 and 55, many are parents with children or adolescents in their care. In the USA alone, there are estimated to be over six million children under the age of 18 living with a parent with a drinking problem, and over 22 million adults - one in every eight American adults - who were brought up with a parent who had a drinking problem. Clearly, many children who grow up in this sort of environment have a difficult childhood. Velleman and Orford examine the question of what happens to such children when they grow up. Risk and Resilience focuses on three main themes: What is the likelihood of such young adults developing drinking problems themselves? Wha
Risk and Resilience looks at the issue of young adults who grew up in families where a parent, and sometimes both, had a drinking problem. Alcohol-related problems are now recognized as being near the very top of the world league table of health and social problems. Since the large majority of problem drinkers are adults aged between 22 and 55, many are parents with children or adolescents in their care. In the USA alone, there are estimated to be over six million children under the age of 18 living with a parent with a drinking problem, and over 22 million adults - one in every eight American adults - who were brought up with a parent who had a drinking problem. Clearly, many children who grow up in this sort of environment have a difficult childhood. Velleman and Orford examine the question of what happens to such children when they grow up. Risk and Resilience focuses on three main themes: What is the likelihood of such young adults developing drinking problems themselves? Wha
Richard Velleman, Jim Orford
Growing Up with Parents with Drinking Problems and Establishing an Adult Life: Four Illustrations
What Was Already Known: A Review of Previous Research
Doing Research on the Subject: The Design of the Present Study
Recollections of Growing Up with Parents with Drinking Problems - Results I
The Children of Problem Drinking Parents as Young Adults - Results II
Explanations for Differences in Adulthood Adjustment - Results III
How Has Our Understanding Advanced? Summary and Integration
Implications for Intervention, Service Development and Prevention
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.12.2000 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 570 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-5823-196-8 / 9058231968 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-5823-196-3 / 9789058231963 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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