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T C Harrison
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Cluster analysis of adult children of alcoholics.
To determine if adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) are heterogeneous with respect to personality characteristics, 97 ACOAs took the California Psychological Inventory (CPI), and the results were analyzed through cluster analysis techniques. The resulting three-cluster solution showed that, in one subgroup (44%), all CPI scales were at or above the mean; another subgroup (40%) achieved scores at or slightly below the mean; and the third subgroup's (16%) scores were considerably below the mean. Therefore, clinical claims regarding ACOAs may only be accurate for a small proportion of ACOAs. Research on resiliency in children may explain why many ACOAs have normal personality profiles.
Adaptation, Psychological↗
Personality characteristics of adult children of alcoholics, other adults from dysfunctional families, and adults from nondysfunctional families.
This study used the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) to examine the personality characteristics of adult children of alcoholics. The sample was noncollege age adults (N = 174). Subjects responding to advertisements were grouped into Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) (56%), Adults with Dysfunctional Family Histories (ADFH) (21%), or Adults without Identified Dysfunctional Family Histories (AIDFH) (23%). Results indicated that the ACOA group was different from the AIDFH group on nine of the 28 CPI scales, but there were no significant differences between the ACOA and ADFH groups. The validity of clinical impressions of ACOAs and the utility of considering ACOAs as a distinct field of study are discussed.
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Characteristics of adult children of alcoholics.
Ninety-seven adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs), 36 adults with dysfunctional family histories, and 41 adults without identified dysfunctional family histories were compared on self-reports of 20 adult characteristics. Significant differences among the groups were found on 4 of the characteristics, with the ACOA group showing the highest frequency of occurrence on 17 of them. No differences due to gender of the alcoholic parent were found, and there was no group by gender interaction. The results suggested that the clinical characteristics attributed to ACOAs may have some empirical validity but the ACOAs seem fairly similar to adults with other types of dysfunctional family histories.
Adaptation, Psychological↗
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy.
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C) is one cause of death in young adults in the United States, representing approximately 17% of all ARVD/C cases reported. This study presents 2 cases of ARVD/C diagnosed at a central Texas hospital and reviews the literature regarding this disease. The diagnosis, histology, presentation, prognosis, and therapy are addressed because the rare nature of this disease within the United States makes diagnosis and treatment difficult and creates problems of adaptation for the patient. Clinicians must become more familiar with this potentially fatal cardiac disorder that can create vulnerability within a young adult population.
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