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Title: Alcohol Dependence in Adult Children of Alcoholics: Longitudinal Evidence of Early Risk
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1. Jennison, Karen M.
Johnson, Kenneth A.
Alcohol Dependence in Adult Children of Alcoholics: Longitudinal Evidence of Early Risk
Journal of Drug Education 28,1 (1998): 19-37.
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Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Baywood Publishing Co.
Keyword(s): Addiction; Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Use; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Family Characteristics; Gender Differences; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Modeling

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This study investigates familial alcoholism effects and the comparative probability of risk for alcohol dependence in adult children of alcoholics (ACAs) with a control group of non-ACAs. A cohort of 12,686 young adults from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) is examined over a five-year period and conventional and lineal intergenerational models of alcoholism transmission are assessed. The results of multivariate logistic regression analyses indicate that the risk is relatively greater for male ACAs; sons of alcoholics drink significantly more heavily, experience problems earlier, and develop alcohol dependence more extensively than female ACAs or non-ACAs of either gender. The extent of dependence found in subjects with a lineal history of alcoholism on the father's side of the family, as well as heavy drinking, cigarette smoking and drinking onset in adolescence should be considered as critical predisposing factors of high risk for dependence at later ages. These observations corroborate clinical studies and support a growing body of biopsychosocial research literature. (AUTHOR)
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Jennison, Karen M. and Kenneth A. Johnson. "Alcohol Dependence in Adult Children of Alcoholics: Longitudinal Evidence of Early Risk." Journal of Drug Education 28,1 (1998): 19-37.