Abstract
Studies show that children of alcoholics constitute an at-risk population. The present study attempted to understand the impact of parental alcohol misuse on the school performance of children, based on a sample of 838 teenagers from alcohol misusing parents in Minnesota. These teenagers had significantly poorer performance in all the six measurements of school performance used. The study also identified a few protective factors: those who did well in school perceived that their parents had high expectations of them, rated themselves as generally healthy and assessed themselves to be religious.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 507-519 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Children and Youth Services Review |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |