College student adult children of alcoholics: Psychological resilience or emotional distance?

Testing Hypothesized Differences Between

Testing Hypothesized Differences Between Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs) and Non-ACOAs in a College Student Sample

✍ Amy L. Jones; Dilani M. Perera-Diltz; Kathleen M. Salyers; John M. Laux; Wendy S 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 American Counseling Association 🌐 English ⚖ 130 KB

The authors compared college adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) and non‐ACOAs using the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory‐3 (F. G. Miller, 1999). The results failed to support the hypothesis that ACOAs have higher rates of substance dependence, defensiveness, and codependency than do non‐