Relational Psychopathologies of Adult Children of Alcoholics (Report) by Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table

Relational Psychopathologies of Adult Children of Alcoholics (Report)

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  • Genre Law
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Abstract Reports of clinical observations have suggested that Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACAs) frequently experience difficulties with intimacy in adult relationships. Problems with relatedness are assumed to originate in the family of origin as a result of inconsistent, neglectful and/or abusive parenting attributable to parental alcoholism. The purpose of this study is four-fold:

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