What Differentiates ACOAs and Non-ACOAs on a Black College Campus?
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of American College Health
- Vol. 43 (2), 57-63
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.1994.9939087
Abstract
This study was designed to determine the prevalence of alcoholic children of alcoholics (ACOAs) on a Black college campus, compare functioning in the family of origin and the availability of social support, and determine the factor that best differentiates ACOAs from non-ACOAs. Nineteen percent of the population studied were classified as ACOAs. Little difference was found in family functioning and social support for ACOAs compared with non-ACOAs, except in the support they received from their mothers. The factor that best differentiated the ACOAs from the non-ACOAs was their drinking level.Keywords
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