Assortative Mating Among Adult Children of Alcoholics and Alcoholics

Relations between parental alcoholism, self-alcoholism, and partner-alcoholism were examined in a nonclinical, non-self-identified sample of 128 married and engaged young couples. Couples were recruited to participate in a longitudinal study of close relationships. They were assessed using three alc...

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Published in:Family relations 2003-01, Vol.52 (1), p.64-71
Main Authors: Olmsted, Maureen E., Crowell, Judith A., Waters, Everett
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addiction
Adult Children
Alcohol drinking
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Assortative mating
Children of alcoholics
Couples
Family Life
Gender Differences
Gender roles
Interpersonal Relations
Longitudinal Studies
marital relations
marriage
Mate Selection
mating
Men
Parent Child Relations
Parents
Personal relationships
Screening tests
Sex Differences
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Summary:Relations between parental alcoholism, self-alcoholism, and partner-alcoholism were examined in a nonclinical, non-self-identified sample of 128 married and engaged young couples. Couples were recruited to participate in a longitudinal study of close relationships. They were assessed using three alcoholism questionnaires that included reports of parent-, partner-, and self-alcohol use. Participants were predominantly White and well educated. Cross-sectional analyses indicated that alcoholics tend to marry other alcoholics and that male adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) are more likely to be alcoholic than their female counterparts. The relation between parental alcoholism and partner's alcoholism was affected by self-alcoholism in male participants. There was a significant relation between ACOA status and marriage to alcoholics for women that was not affected by their own alcoholism.
ISSN:0197-6664
1741-3729
0197-6664
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00064.x