Locus of control and self-esteem of adult children of alcoholics.

1990 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
J C Churchill ◽  
J P Broida ◽  
N L Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Adult Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Self Esteem

scholarly journals Characteristics of selected traits of Adult Children of Alcoholics in the context of theirparents’ attitudes

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Zakrzewska ◽  
Agnieszka Samochowiec
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Adult Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Retrospective Assessment

AbstractChildren growing up in families with alcohol problems experience many emotions and events that are inadequate to their age. All these experiences are related to their subsequent functioning. Having a mother or a father suffering from alcohol dependence has a big impact on who one becomes in the future and how he/she perceives the world and other people.The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the level of self-esteem, satisfaction with life as well as basic hope in the so-called Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA), and the attitudes of their parents.The study involved 49 persons, aged from 18 to 70. To obtain the necessary data we used the Questionnaire Survey for Adult Children of Alcoholics, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Basic Hope Inventory (BHI-R) and Re-trospective Assessment of Parental Attitudes Questionnaire (KPR-Roc).The results show a positive correlation between the level of self-esteem and life satisfaction, and the attitudes of autonomy and acceptance in the mothers of our subjects. Also, life satisfaction, self-esteem and basic hope proved to be interrelated, i.e. an increase within one coincided with an increase in the other two. In addition, our results show that experiencing violence in the families of persons with the ACoA syndrome significantly correlates with the retrospective assessment of their parents' attitudes. Fathers in the so-called violent families are perceived as excessively demanding, yet inconsistent, while mothers as more rejecting and less protecting.

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