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Title: The Effects of Maternal Alcohol Use Disorders on Childhood Relationships and Mental Health
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Wolfe, Joseph D. |
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The Effects of Maternal Alcohol Use Disorders on Childhood Relationships and Mental Health Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 51,10 (October 2016): 1439-1448. Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-016-1264-x Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Childhood Adversity/Trauma; Health, Mental/Psychological; Mothers, Behavior; Parental Influences; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Siblings; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Purpose: Despite millions of children living in the turmoil of their parents' active alcoholism or the aftermath of past abuse, research to date has not (1) provided a comprehensive examination of the effects of maternal alcohol use disorders (AUDs) on children's social ties outside of their relationships with parents, or (2) considered whether the number and quality of childhood social ties alter the effects of maternal AUDs on children's mental health. Method: Using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults, analysis examined the influence of maternal AUDs on the number and quality of children's ties with siblings, extended family and family friends, peers, and neighborhood members. The analysis also considered how children's social ties influenced the association between maternal AUDs and children's internalizing and externalizing problems. Results: Children of alcoholic mothers had similarly sized networks but more distant relationships with siblings and friends, negative interactions with classmates, and isolating neighborhoods. Controlling for these aspects of children's social ties substantially reduced mental health disparities between children of alcoholic mothers and other children. |
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Wolfe, Joseph D. "The Effects of Maternal Alcohol Use Disorders on Childhood Relationships and Mental Health." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 51,10 (October 2016): 1439-1448.
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