Department of Psychiatry, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2010 Oct;52(4):360-6. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.74313.
Children of people with alcohol dependence (COAs) are at high risk for behavioral and cognitive problems.
Aim of this study was to compare the nature and extent of these problems in children of men with and without alcohol dependence.
32 children (17 in study group and 15 controls) were evaluated for psychopathology, neurodevelopment, cognitive functioning and family environment. Tools used were: Socio-demographic data sheet, Malin's Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC), Child Behavior Checklist, Trail Making Test, Neurodevelopment Scale and the Family Environment Scale.
Children of men with alcohol dependence had higher externalizing than internalizing scores. Children of alcohol-dependent fathers had higher scores on the neurodevelopment scale and lower scores on the performance scale of the MISIC than the children in control group. These children also made more errors on the Trail Making Test. The family environment of COAs was characterized by lack of independence for its members, greater perceived control and lack of adequate cultural and intellectual activities.
Our findings suggest that children of men with alcohol dependence have difficulties with frontal lobe functions and neurodevelopmental tasks. There are also difficulties in the family, which are related to alcohol consumption by the father.
酗酒者的子女（COAs）患行为和认知问题的风险很高。
本研究旨在比较有和没有酒精依赖的男性的子女中这些问题的性质和程度。
对 32 名儿童（研究组 17 名，对照组 15 名）进行了精神病理学、神经发育、认知功能和家庭环境评估。使用的工具包括：社会人口统计学数据表、印度儿童智力量表（MISIC）、儿童行为检查表、连线测试、神经发育量表和家庭环境量表。
有酗酒父亲的孩子比有酗酒母亲的孩子有更高的外向性得分。与对照组的孩子相比，有酗酒父亲的孩子在神经发育量表上的得分更高，在 MISIC 的表现量表上的得分更低。这些孩子在连线测试中也犯了更多的错误。COAs 的家庭环境的特点是其成员缺乏独立性、感知控制能力更强，以及缺乏足够的文化和智力活动。
我们的研究结果表明，有酗酒父亲的孩子在额叶功能和神经发育任务方面存在困难。家庭也存在问题，这与父亲的饮酒行为有关。
