Uncovering Strengths of Children of Alcoholic Parents |
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Authors: | John P. Walker Robert E. Lee |
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Affiliation: | (1) Youth Emergency Services for Indianapolis, IN;(2) Department of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University, USA |
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Abstract: | Being a child of an alcoholic (COA) is neither a diagnosis nor a psychosocial death sentence. Neither alcoholic families nor COAs are monolithic. A variety of factors converge in developmental trajectories resulting in diverse individual outcomes. Supportive relationships with non-substance using parents and siblings and appropriate levels of parentification all may enable a significant proportion of COAs to enjoy high self-esteem, lack of problematic substance use, and good adaptive capability. Therapists and clients should refrain from looking at COAs through a deficit framework and instead should look for evidence of relational resilience in alcoholic families of origin. Such strengths-based assessments will increase therapeutic leverage with COAs seeking treatment for a range of presenting problems. |
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Keywords: | Children of Alcoholics (COA) parentification relational resilience family strengths |
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