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Enhancing Positive Outcomes for Children of Substance-Abusing Parents

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Living with a parent who abuses alcohol or drugs increases life stressors dramatically for children and affects about 30% of children under the age of 17. School-aged and adult children of alcoholics and other substance abusers have received much attention from both public advocacy groups and scientific researchers due to their higher-than-average rates of unfavorable developmental and adjustment problems. Additionally, substance abuse and diagnosed substance abuse disorders can be identified as a family problem due to the frequent occurrence of substance abuse within the family, as well as the impact of parental substance abuse on their children, ranging from family conflict and violence to child abuse or neglect. In this chapter, we examine the genetic, biological, and environmental impacts of parental substance abuse on children’s developmental outcomes, as well as the impact on the impaired parental role, child maltreatment, and family violence in the hope that better understanding will lead to improved prevention efforts. The chapter concludes that evidence-based family strengthening prevention interventions designed specifically for parents with substance abuse disorders are the most effective interventions for enhancing resilience and positive developmental outcomes in the children of parents with substance abuse disorders.

The author Karol L. Kumpfer has supported by Grant DA10825 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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    The author Karol L. Kumpfer has supported by Grant DA10825 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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Kumpfer, K.L., Johnson, J.L. (2010). Enhancing Positive Outcomes for Children of Substance-Abusing Parents. In: Johnson, B. (eds) Addiction Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0338-9_65

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