Parental alcoholism, early social support, and family environment as predictors of current adjustment

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dc.contributor.authorHaggerty, Susanen
dc.contributor.committeechairClum, George A. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFinney, Jack W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStephens, Robert S.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:27:26Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-17en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:27:26Zen
dc.date.issued1994-12-05en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-17en
dc.date.sdate2009-01-17en
dc.description.abstractThe present study assessed 351 undergraduate subjects on dimensions of parental alcohol abuse, childhood family environment, childhood social support, current coping style, current negative life experiences, current psychological symptomatology, and current indices of drug and alcohol abuse. Results indicated that, while paternal alcohol abuse, in and of itself, was not related to any of the outcome measures, maternal alcoholism was correlated with one measure of alcohol abuse and three measures of drug abuse, and was independently predictive of a portion of the variance of one alcohol abuse measure among subjects. Early environmental factors (family environment and low levels of social support), as well as current coping style and current negative life experiences, were found to be related to psychological symptomatology and to indices of drug and alcohol abuse. coping style was also found to be related to early family environment and to childhood social support, suggesting that coping style may have its developmental roots in early environmental factors. An interaction between paternal alcohol abuse and disengagement coping style was shown to be predictive of a portion of the variance of subjects' alcohol abuse. Interactions between maternal alcoholism and low level of social support were predictive of a portion of the variance of subjects' drug abuse.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 149 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01172009-063712en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01172009-063712/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40672en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.H344.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 32457038en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.H344en
dc.subject.lcshAdjustment (Psychology)en
dc.subject.lcshAdult children of alcoholics -- Psychologyen
dc.subject.lcshSocial networks -- Psychological aspectsen
dc.titleParental alcoholism, early social support, and family environment as predictors of current adjustmenten
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineClinical Psychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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