TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - A comparison of the psychosocial functioning of children with drug-versus alcohol-dependent fathers
JO  - American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders
A1  - Cooke, Cathy G.
A1  - Kelley, Michelle L.
A1  - Fals-Stewart, William
A1  - Golden, James
SP  - 695
EP  - 710
VL  - 30
IS  - 4
N2  - The present study compared the psychosocial functioning of children whose fathers primarily abused illicit drugs other than alcohol (n = 51 ) to children from a demographically matched sample of families whose fathers abused alcohol (n = 51). Children with drug-abusing (DA) fathers exhibited significantly more negative child behaviors on a standardized child-rating scale than did children from homes with alcohol-abusing fathers. In addition, a significantly greater proportion of children with DA fathers met clinical cutoffs indicative of psychosocial impairment (n = 23: 45%) than did children whose fathers abused alcohol (n = 5; 10%). Mediation analyses indicated that severity of drug, legal, medical, employment, and family problems partially mediated the relationship between type of family (i.e., families with fathers who had an alcohol problem versus families with fathers who had a drug problem) and children's psychosocial adjustment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-2990
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -