A study to evaluate self-esteem in children of alcoholics, 1993
Neal, Annette
1990-1999
A single system design was utilized with a fourteen year old African-American female at Archer High School in Atlanta, Georgia. This study was conducted to investigate factors possibly contributing to children of alcoholics and low self-esteem. Hudson's Index of Self-Esteem was used as a baseline and during the intervention phase. This study focuses on a student with an alcoholic parent. Parameters studied include school performance, family relationships, socioeconomic factors, parental behavior and treatment/therapy. The results indicated that parental alcoholism is a strong predictor variable for low selfesteem. Furthermore, predictability of the student's low self-esteem status increased when negative parental behavior was displayed. For example, when a child is belittled or beaten by his alcoholic parent. It was also demonstrated that school performance begins to decline as a result of negative behavior displayed by the parent.
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application/pdf
1993-03-01
thesis
Master of Science (MS)
Clark Atlanta University
School of Social Work
Horton, Gale
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1993_neal_annette
