Title:
Study of stress influences on women religious children of alcoholics
Author:
Eileen Marie Toole
Committee Member:
Joseph Ciarrocchi
Committee Member:
Nany Jo Scheers
Committee Member:
Katherine Boucher
Committee Member:
Faith Gilroy
Committee Member:
Joanne Marie G. Greer
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1991
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
This study compared women religious who were children of alcoholics and those who were not for reported physical symptoms of stress and degree of affect intensity. The groups were divided into COA-Codependent (N = 23), COA- nonCodependent (N = 24), and Controls (N = 185). Analysis of variance showed no differences among the groups on these measures. However, a significant difference was noted between those respondents who had a family history positive for alcohol, whether or not they were a COA, and their reported physical symptoms scores. Four exploratory groups were formed (codependent and abused; abused, not codependent; codependent only; not codependent, not abused). Using ANOVA procedures, significant differences were found among the groups in reported physical symptoms of stress. The codependent and abused group reported significantly more physical symptoms of stress than did the other three groups. Codependency alone was a strong indicator for increased physical symptoms of stress. Exploratory analyses showed that codependency, abuse, family history positive for alcoholism, and depression were all related to increased physical symptoms of stress.
Subject:
Adult children of alcoholics
Subject:
Dysfunctional families--Psychological aspects
Subject:
Nuns--Mental health
Subject:
Stress in nuns
Subject:
Adult Offspring
Subject:
Alcoholism
Subject:
Child Abuse
Subject:
Nuns
Subject:
Stress
Subject:
Children of Alcoholics
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Pastoral Counseling
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Identifier:
TooleEM-91
