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- Title
FAMILY RITUALS IN ALCOHOLIC AND NONALCOHOLIC HOUSEHOLDS.
- Authors
Fiese, Barbara H.
- Abstract
The article examines whether family rituals were perceived to be different for children of alcoholics (COA) compared to children raised in non-alcoholic households (non-COA). Clinical reports during the last decade have suggested that alcohol abuse among parents adversely affects their children's psychosocial development. Family rituals have been identified as powerful organizers of behavior within the family system. Family rituals may range from highly stylized religious observances such as first communion or bar mitzvahs to less articulated daily interaction patterns such as the type of greeting made when someone returns home. Family rituals may exert influence on family life by pairing meaning and affect with patterned interactions. Family rituals have been gaining the attention of clinicians as a means of family assessment and intervention. The empirical study of family rituals in alcoholic families may aid in identifying the central dimensions of family rituals affected by familial alcoholism. Relying on an individual's report of entire family functioning limits generalizability of results and may not be reflective of family system processes.
- Subjects
PEOPLE with alcoholism; GUARDIAN &; ward; CHILD development; PARENT-child legal relationship; MEDICAL personnel; ALCOHOL drinking
- Publication
Family Relations, 1993, Vol 42, Issue 2, p187
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/585453