A COMPARISON BETWEEN CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLIC FATHERS FROM EXCELLENT VERSUS POOR SOCIAL CONDITIONS

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Abstract
In a longitudinal research project, children of male alcoholics from the lowest social class were studied. When they are still small, the children exhibit signs of mental disturbances, and the boys, when they become adults, develop social maladjustment problems and addictions and have a high rate of both somatic and psychiatric diseases. In comparison to their controls, the values found for these variables were consistently higher for the probands. A comparison was made between 85 children of alcoholic fathers from the highest social class and 100 children of alcoholic fathers from the lowest social class. The former group was just as likely to develop social maladjustment problems, including abuse of alcohol and drugs, while they were growing up as the latter group of children. Despite social background, children are at risk if the father is an alcoholic.

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