Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Subsamples
| Alcoholic families (n = 104) |
Nonalcoholic families (n = 138) |
Total (n = 242) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent characteristics | |||
| Mother’s with 4-y college degree (%) | 32.6 | 50.4 | 42.8 |
| Father’s with 4-y college degree (%) | 36.7 | 52.2 | 46.0 |
| Maternal alcoholism | 30.8% | n/a | 13.2% |
| Paternal alcoholism | 85.6% | n/a | 37.7% |
| Mother’s MDD/DD lifetime diagnosis (%) | 26.0 | 16.7 | 20.7 |
| Father’s antisocial personality diagnosis (%) | 29.8 | 11.6 | 19.4 |
| Mother’s lifetime drug use disordera (%) | 18.3 | 2.2 | 9.1 |
| Father’s lifetime drug use disordera (%) | 14.4 | 3.6 | 8.3 |
| Offspring characteristics | |||
| ADHD diagnosis (%) | 60.6 | 57.2 | 58.7 |
| Mean age at follow-up | 15.2 (1.3) | 15.2 (1.5) | 15.2 (1.4) |
| Mean # of family stress events (SD) | 8.6 (5.7) | 6.8 (5.5) | 7.6 (5.7) |
| Mean # of peer stress events (SD) | 4.5 (3.3) | 3.6 (2.8) | 4.0 (3.0) |
| Mean # of academic stress events (SD) | 3.5 (2.0) | 3.2 (2.2) | 3.3 (2.1) |
| 5+drinks in one sitting past 6 months (%) | 25 | 20 | 22 |
| Drunk at least once in the past 6 months (%) | 33 | 24 | 38 |
| Average number of alcohol disorder symptoms | 2.23 (3.9) | 1.32 (3.3) | 1.71 (3.6) |
a
One or more of the following drugs assessed by the SCID interview: sedatives, cannabis, stimulants, cocaine, opiates, and hallucinogens.
MDD/DD, Major Depressive Disorder and/or Dysthymia Disorder. ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; SCID, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R.