TABLE 2.

Demographic characteristics of the current sample (n = 427)

Variable	Parental alcoholism status
	Total (N = 427)	Non-COA (n = 204)	COA (n = 223)
Females, %	46.80	45.60	48.00
Parental antisociality, %	7.30	0.50‡	13.50‡
Parental depression, %	5.60	2.00†	9.00†
Lifetime drug dependence, %	19.20	11.80‡	26.00‡

	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age at Time 1	13.18 (1.44)	13.26 (1.45)	13.10 (1.43)
Externalizing symptoms, Time 2	1.00 (0.35)	0.89 (0.27)‡	1.09 (0.39)‡
Externalizing symptoms, Time 3	1.02 (0.36)	0.94 (0.31)‡	1.10 (0.38)‡
Internalizing symptoms, Time 2	2.14 (0.74)	2.04 (0.74)†	2.24 (0.73)†
Internalizing symptoms, Time 3	2.13 (0.72)	2.04 (0.67)*	2.22 (0.77)*
General life events, Time 2	1.97 (1.70)	1.61 (1.50)‡	2.31 (1.81)‡
General life events, Time 3	1.81 (1.67)	1.50 (1.51)‡	2.10 (1.75)‡

Notes: COA = child of alcoholic.

^*Difference is significant, p < .05;

^† p < .01;

^‡ p < .001.