The Bristol Social Adjustment Guide: Comparison between the offspring of alcoholic and non-alcoholic mothers

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Abstract
A German translation of the BSAG was completed by class-teachers of children whose mothers had a history of alcoholism. These children were judged as showing significantly more over-reactive behaviour in school than a control group of children whose mothers had no previous alcohol abuse. Furthermore, the alcoholic mothers also reported more over-active behaviour in their own childhood. The results are supportive of retrospective studies with adult alcoholics which indicate that childhood hyperactivity may be one precursor of subsequent alcohol abuse.