Corral Varela, María MontserratRodríguez Holguín, SocorroCadaveira Mahía, Fernando2021-02-152021-02-151999Corral, M., Rodríguez Holguín, S., Cadaveira, F. (1999). Neuropsychological characteristics in children of alcoholics: familial density. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60(4), 509–5130096-882Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/24439Objective: 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 areasengCopyright © 1999 Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Alcohol Research Documentation and Rutgers University, Center of Alcohol Studies terms and conditions for use of self-archived versionsAlcoholChildren of alcoholicsNeuropsychologyFillos de alcohólicosNeuropsicoloxíaHijos de alcohólicosNeuropsicologíajournal article10.15288/jsa.1999.60.509open access