Study/Test
• Article follows a study done involving the children of 30 alcoholic parents and 30 non-alcoholic parents
• All parents were between 25-50 years old
• Alcoholic parents were required to have engaged in a minimum of five years of alcoholism
• Must have been legal guardians of children for at least five years
• Children were between the ages of 12 and 17 years old
• Information was gathered beforehand on basic information such as age, sex, family size and education level
• Children were administered a test that consisted of 100 items
• Test assessed the conditions that the children were living in and their feelings towards them
• Additionally, the test measured the maturity of the children
Results and Analyzation
• Study was able …show more content…
- Acute and chronical interpersonal functioning impairment
- Inability to communicate effectively with others
- Lowered intelligence levels
- Decreased performance concerning analytic and logical ability to solve problems
- Disruption to mental growth and maturity
- Increased risk of developing psychological disorders
- Depressed feelings and thoughts
- Anxiety disorders and phobias
- Panic attacks and lack of ability to control breakdowns
- Fear of parents, leading to alienation and isolation
- Increased risk of developing alcoholism at an early age
• Children belonging to non-alcoholic parents performed significantly better in intelligence and problem solving components of test
Conclusions Drawn from Article
• Parental alcoholism has a negative impact on children and can contribute to a variety of psychological conditions and developmental delays
• It can cause children to isolate themselves emotionally, leading to the inability to express themselves creatively
• Has the ability to hinder intelligence and mental capability
• Overall, parental alcoholism is detrimental to the lives of their children
High-Risk Elements
• Delayed psychomotor responsiveness
• Difficulty processing emotions
• Development of learning disability
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• Article follows a study done involving the children of 30 alcoholic parents and 30 non-alcoholic parents
• All parents were between 25-50 years old
• Alcoholic parents were required to have engaged in a minimum of five years of alcoholism
• Must have been legal guardians of children for at least five years
• Children were between the ages of 12 and 17 years old
• Information was gathered beforehand on basic information such as age, sex, family size and education level
• Children were administered a test that consisted of 100 items
• Test assessed the conditions that the children were living in and their feelings towards them
• Additionally, the test measured the maturity of the children
Results and Analyzation
• Study was able …show more content…
- Acute and chronical interpersonal functioning impairment
- Inability to communicate effectively with others
- Lowered intelligence levels
- Decreased performance concerning analytic and logical ability to solve problems
- Disruption to mental growth and maturity
- Increased risk of developing psychological disorders
- Depressed feelings and thoughts
- Anxiety disorders and phobias
- Panic attacks and lack of ability to control breakdowns
- Fear of parents, leading to alienation and isolation
- Increased risk of developing alcoholism at an early age
• Children belonging to non-alcoholic parents performed significantly better in intelligence and problem solving components of test
Conclusions Drawn from Article
• Parental alcoholism has a negative impact on children and can contribute to a variety of psychological conditions and developmental delays
• It can cause children to isolate themselves emotionally, leading to the inability to express themselves creatively
• Has the ability to hinder intelligence and mental capability
• Overall, parental alcoholism is detrimental to the lives of their children
High-Risk Elements
• Delayed psychomotor responsiveness
• Difficulty processing emotions
• Development of learning disability
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