Parental Alcoholism and Coping: A Comparison of Female Children of Alcoholics with Female Children of Nonalcoholics.

Assessed potential differences between female undergraduate children of alcoholics (n=27) and children of nonalcoholics (n=76) in depression and choice of coping strategies. Although significant group differences were detected for level of depression, mean depression scores for both groups fell within the "no depression" range on the Beck Depression Inventory. No significant differences in coping strategies were detected. (Author/RB)