RT Journal Article
T1 Neuropsychological characteristics in children of alcoholics: familial density
A1 Corral Varela, María Montserrat
A1 Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
K1 Alcohol
K1 Children of alcoholics
K1 Neuropsychology
K1 Fillos de alcohólicos
K1 Neuropsicoloxía
K1 Hijos de alcohólicos
K1 Neuropsicología
AB Objective: The purpose of high-risk studies is to find characteristics that allow the identification of subjects with a higher vulnerability to alcoholism. The aim of this research was to verify if the familial density criterion is useful for subtyping children of alcoholics with different neuropsychological characteristics. Method: A battery of neuropsychological tests was administered to 102 boys and girls of 7-15 years of age; 66 were children of alcoholics with a high (n = 32) and low (n = 34) familial density of alcoholism, and 36 were children of nonalcoholic fathers with a negative family history of the disorder. The battery included tests to assess attention, visuospatial abilities and frontal functions. Results: MANCOVAs showed that high-density children scored lower than children of nonalcoholic fathers in attentional and visuospatial tasks. There were no differences between low-density and negative family history children in these cognitive domains. Conclusions: These results suggest that children of alcoholics are not a ho­ mogeneous group. Children with multigenerational alcoholism, but not children with an alcoholic father, showed reduced performance in specific cognitive areas
PB Alcohol Research Documentation
SN 0096-882X
YR 1999
FD 1999
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24439
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24439
LA eng
NO Corral, M., Rodríguez Holguín, S., Cadaveira, F. (1999). Neuropsychological characteristics in children of alcoholics: familial density. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60(4), 509–513
NO This study was supported in part by Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (Spain) with DGICYT grants (PM91-0159-C02-02 and PB95-0856) to Fernando Cadaveira and a postgraduate grant to  Montserrat Corral
DS Minerva
RD 1 may 2026