Abstract

Although adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) are at risk for alcohol or other drug abuses and serious emotional problems, including depressive symptoms, "resilient" ACOAs grow up striving to adapt, survive and succeed under stressful conditions. Recent studies have reported that one of the key factors increasing resilience is sense of belonging, which also protects individuals from depressive symptoms. However, the relationships among depressive symptoms, sense of belonging, and resilience have rarely been studied in ACOAs. Therefore, this descriptive and comparative study between ACOAs and non-ACOAs aims to explore the relationships among parental alcoholism, sense of belonging, resilience, and depressive symptoms, especially among Korean people living in Midwestern cities of the States.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3429330; ProQuest document ID: 762406809. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Hyunhwa Lee, PhD, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Sigma Membership

Zeta Kappa at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Pilot/Exploratory Study

Keywords:

Adult Children of Alcoholics, Alcoholism, Korean People, Depression, Emotional Problems

Advisor

Reg A. Williams

Second Advisor

Carol J. Boyd

Third Advisor

Bonnie M. Hagerty

Fourth Advisor

James A. Cranford

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Michigan

Degree Year

2010

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-02-17

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