Hennecke L
J Stud Alcohol. 1984 Nov;45(6):486-92. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1984.45.486.
The relationship between paternal alcoholism and two perceptual characteristics, stimulus augmenting and field dependence, was tested in boys and girls aged 10-12. Thirty children of alcoholic fathers, presumed at high risk for the disease because of its familial-genetic component, were compared with 30 children of nonalcoholic parents. Stimulus augmenting was measured by the Kinesthetic Figural After-Effect (KFA) test and field dependence by the Embedded Figures Test (EFT). It was reasoned that the consistent findings of field dependence in alcoholics could be a manifestation of brain damage and the consequent cognitive deficits often found in alcoholics. Thus it was proposed that field dependence would not differentiate the children of alcoholic fathers from those of nonalcoholics. No difference in field dependence was found between the groups, which supports other evidence that alcoholism can lead to field dependence. Since KFA scores revealed a significantly higher incidence of stimulus augmenters in the children of alcoholic fathers, it is proposed that stimulus augmenting is premorbid to alcoholism. It remains unclear, however, whether this phenomenon is due to an environmental or genetic factor.
对10至12岁的男孩和女孩进行了研究，以测试父亲酗酒与两种感知特征（刺激增强和场依存性）之间的关系。30名父亲酗酒的儿童因家族遗传因素被认为患该病的风险很高，将他们与30名父母不酗酒的儿童进行了比较。通过动觉图形后效（KFA）测试来测量刺激增强，通过镶嵌图形测试（EFT）来测量场依存性。据推测，酗酒者中场依存性的一致发现可能是脑损伤的一种表现，以及酗酒者中经常出现的随之而来的认知缺陷。因此，有人提出场依存性无法区分父亲酗酒的孩子和父母不酗酒的孩子。两组之间未发现场依存性存在差异，这支持了酗酒会导致场依存性的其他证据。由于KFA分数显示父亲酗酒的孩子中刺激增强者的发生率显著更高，因此有人提出刺激增强是酗酒的病前表现。然而，目前尚不清楚这种现象是由环境因素还是遗传因素导致的。
