NCJ Number
170447
Journal
Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Dated: (1997) Pages: 37-51
Date Published
1997
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This study seeks to determine the proportion of adolescents who are children of alcoholics (COAs) in a sample of 595 African-American males aged 13 to 17 years and to investigate the relationship between alcohol and conduct disorder among COAs and nonCOAs.
Abstract
The instruments used in this study were the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST) and a condensed version of the Children's Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (C-SAGA). Twenty-three percent of the adolescents were COAs, 27 percent of the COAs were alcohol abusers compared to 17 percent of nonCOAs, while 78 percent of COAs as opposed to 69 percent of nonCOAs were involved in conduct disorder. Chi-square analysis examined the difference between COAs and nonCOAs on the specific subtypes of conduct disorder and showed COAs to have a greater chance of engaging in such activities on five of the 13, notably: stealing without confrontation/forgery, running away from home, lying, deliberately setting fire, and breaking into property. Those COAs who abused alcohol had a greater chance than the nonCOA abusers of engaging in nine of the 13 subtypes of conduct disorder. Tables, references