Note Card #3

Peleg-Oren, Neta, Giora Rahav, and Meir Teichman. "School-age children of fathers with substance use disorder: are they a high risk population?." Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education 52.2 (August 2008): 9(22). Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. John Carrol School. 22 Sept. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS.

-Studies of adult children of alcoholics (A-COAs) indicate that they are at increased risk for emotional problems including depressive symptoms, anxiety disorders, and frequent occurrence of post traumatic stress disorder.

-Parental drinking alcohol may affect parenting style and, eventually, the manner in which a child will perceive his or her family.

-Parental inconsistency and unpredictability may explain the findings of several studies that these children manifest problem behaviors as early as preschool age.

-The theoretical literature describes children's attachment to their parents or to their primary caregivers as the foundation for the development of a sense of security, basic trust, and emotionally balanced personalities

- Parental substance abuse disorder (SUD) is believed to affect the family, especially the children (Peleg-Oren & Teichman, 2006).

-“ During the last decade, the effects parents with SUD have on their children have been the focus of clinical as well as research literature. The literature has grown from a handful of publications in 1980 to 53 in 1990, and dozens in the year 2000. The predominant idea presented in the clinical literature has been that these children experience various emotional, cognitive, social, and behavioral problems that will continue to adulthood. This study examines this predominant idea among school-aged children living with fathers with SUD.”