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Quality of Parenting in Alcoholics and Narcotic Addicts

  • Elsa Bernardi (a1), Michael Jones (a2) and Chris Tennant (a3)
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Alcoholics and heroin addicts were compared with a normal control group to determine whether there were differences in quality of parenting during childhood, assessed using the Parental Bonding Instrument. Maternal and paternal overprotection were reported more commonly by narcotic addicts. Maternal overprotection alone was implicated in alcoholics. Narcotic addicts seem to have more disturbed parenting than alcoholics, especially paternal parenting.

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Quality of Parenting in Alcoholics and Narcotic Addicts

  • Elsa Bernardi (a1), Michael Jones (a2) and Chris Tennant (a3)
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