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852 – Family Climate, Expressed Emotion, And Parental Attitudes In Families Of Alcoholics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

F. Cosci ,
G. Bertoli ,
C. Berrocal ,
I. Londi ,
V. Patussi  and
S. Sirigatti
F. Cosci
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence
G. Bertoli
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence
C. Berrocal
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, Pisa
I. Londi
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Univesitaria Careggi, Florence
V. Patussi
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Univesitaria Careggi, Florence
S. Sirigatti
Affiliation:
European University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Abstract

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Introduction

Parental alcoholism may lead to adverse psychological outcomes for those who grow up in such family environments.

Objectives

Several studies show that children of alcoholics (COAs) live in family climates characterized by conflict, unpredictability, and manifestations of contempt. Moreover, COAs are exposed to a high level of expressed emotion due, for instance, to threats and denigration.

Aims

We compared a group of COAs with a group of non COAs measuring the family climate, the level of expressed emotion and the parental attitudes on the basis of both children and parents' point of view.

Methods

25 COAs (mean age 17,8 ± 3,3 years) and 25 non COAs (mean age 18,3 ± 3,3 years), matched for age and sex, were evaluated in the frame of an observational naturalistic study design. Self-administered rating scales were used to assess the level of expressed emotion in the family (Level of Expressed Emotion Scale - LEES), the parental (Parental Attitudes Scales - PAD) and family (Family Attitudes Questionnaire - FAQ) attitudes.

Results

The two groups did differ for FAQ total score and for the FAQ subscale assessing the relation between parents. They also differed for the level of expressed emotion (i.e., LEES total score) and for the LEES subscale assessing tolerance and expectations.

Conclusions

COAs are characterized by the perception of a negative family climate that is primarily expressed in terms of conflict and deterioration of relationship between parents.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E312
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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