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Learning Achievement in Sons of Alcoholics
Author(s) -
Hegedus Andrea M.,
Alterman Arthur I.,
Tarter Raiph E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1984.tb05522.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , academic achievement , neuropsychology , vulnerability (computing) , developmental psychology , achievement test , cognition , test (biology) , clinical psychology , standardized test , psychiatry , mathematics education , paleontology , computer security , computer science , biology
Adolescent sons of alcoholics, equated to sons of nonalcoholics on age, intelligence, and grade level, performed significantly more poorly on a standardized test of educational achievement Family environment and rated behavioral disturbance were not systematically correlated with educational achievement. Upon controlling for the effects of psychopathology, the highest and most numerous correlations were found between neuropsychological performance and educational achievement These findings suggest that cognitive impairment may be associated with the vulnerability for alcoholism.