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Static Ataxia as a Psychobiological Marker for Alcoholism
Author(s) -
Hill Shirley Y,
Armstrong Jennifer,
Steinhauer Stuart R,
Baughman Timothy,
Zubin Joseph
Publication year - 1987
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.1530-0277.1987.tb01323.x
Subject(s) - ataxia , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , audiology , medicine , psychiatry
Sons and daughters of male alcoholics were compared with the sons and daughters of controls on two measures of static ataxia. Increased sway was seen in the children of the alcoholic fathers who had an average of 3.7 first‐ and second‐degree relatives meeting criteria for alcoholism. The possibility that static ataxia may be a psychobiological marker for the more genetically mediated variant of alcoholism is discussed.