Citation

Pelham WE, Lang AR, Atkeson B, Murphy DA, Gnagy EM, Greiner AR, Vodde-Hamilton M, Greenslade KE. Am. J. Addict. 1998; 7(2): 103-114.

Affiliation

State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Psychology 14260, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9598214

Abstract

Distress and ad lib alcohol consumption after interactions with child confederates were investigated in parents of children with externalizing disorders--attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), or oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Sixty subjects interacted with boys trained to act like either normal children or children with ADHD/CD/ODD. Interactions with deviant confederates resulted in feelings of inadequacy and produced negative affect but had no effect on alcohol consumption. Post hoc analyses showed that parents with a family history of alcohol problems (FH+) showed increased drinking after interaction with a deviant confederate, compared with FH+ parents who interacted with the normal confederate. FH- parents showed the opposite pattern of results.

Language: en