The Path to Alcohol Problems Through Conduct Problems

A Family-Based Approach to Very Early Intervention With Risk

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ID12388098
AuthorsEugene Maguin (0000-0001-5452-3382, corresponding author), Robert A Zucker (0000-0002-1581-7393), Hiram E Fitzgerald (0000-0001-8365-8585)
Year1994
Volume4
Issue2
Pages249-269
Publication date1994-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research on Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1050-8392 • E-ISSN: 1532-7795
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1207/s15327795jra0402_5
OpenAlexW1978736657
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited24

A program to prevent the development of conduct problems among preschool sons of alcoholic fathers was established as a way to interrupt what is likely to be one of the major mediating factors in the development of risk for alcoholism in later years. A community sample of 104 alcoholic men who: (a) had been convicted for driving while impaired with high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs), Co) were living in an intact relationship, (c) were the fathers of 3- to 5-year-old sons, and (d) lived within a 30-mile radius of the treatment facility was recruited from all district courts in a four-county area. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two intervention formats, both parents or mothers only, or to a control group. The intervention combined a parent-training model with a marital issues component, and it spanned a 10-month interval. Evaluations were conducted at preintervention, midtreatment, termination, and 6-month follow-up. Overall, the intervention program had significant effects on negative, pro

Alcohol · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Path (computing · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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