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Paternal lineage of alcoholism, cohort effects, and alcoholism criteria
Author(s) -
JONG JUDITH A.,
ROY ALEC
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02074.x
Subject(s) - cohort , psychiatry , psychology , family history , cohort study , medicine , clinical psychology
Adoption studies have led to the suggestion that there may be two distinct subgroups of alcoholics with differing genetic contributions. Among 249 male alcoholics we used discriminant analysis to relate the features of type 1 and type 2 alcoholism it the presence or absence of a family history of alcoholism in male paternal relatives. We found that guilt and hinging, features usually attributed to type 1 (milieu‐limited) alcoholism, were in fact more prevalent m the family history positive group. An additional cohort analysis found cohort‐related variations in type 1/type 2 characteristics. The possible implications of these findings are discussed.