Influence of upbringing in the family with a parent affected by alcoholic dependence, on autoaggressive trajectory of the offspring

Introduction. The conundrum of adult children of alcoholics began to be raised by various psychiatric and drug treatment services about 10 years ago. And despite the distinct trend towards a decrease in alcohol dependence, the percent of people brought up in “alcoholic” families remains high. It is known that upbringing in such a family entails a whole layer of various kinds of psychological and social problems that sometimes turn out to be hidden from public eye. The aim of the work was to investigate the autoaggressive characteristics of girls and young men who grew up in the so-called “alcoholic” families. Materials and Research methods. The study involved 90 unmarried girls and 100 unmarried boys, brought up in families where at least one of the parents suffered from alcohol dependence. The control group consisted of 200 girls and 180 boys who did not have a parent suffering from alcohol use disorder. Statistical processing was carried out using parametric and nonparametric methods of mathematical statistics...