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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Adult Children of Alcoholics Trauma Inventory

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Pages 1099-1104 | Published online: 10 Mar 2011
 

Abstract

The Adult Children of Alcoholics Trauma Inventory (ACATI) registers variations in the recalled experience of growing up with problem drinkers. The ACATI includes measures of the duration and severity of parental alcohol-use-related problems, the drinking parents’ behavior when intoxicated and sober, physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, and environmental factors. The ACATI correlated well with the Family Tree Questionnaire and showed excellent 14-day test–retest reliability for most variables. The test–retest was carried out in 2009 at a counseling service for young adults from families with alcohol-use-related problems in Denmark (N = 49).

RÉSUMÉ

Le registre ACATI

Le registre ACATI (Adult Children of Alcoholics Trauma Inventory) répertorie les traumatismes observés chez les adultes nés de parents alcooliques. Pour cela, il consigne la diversité des expériences dont se souviennent les personnes ayant grandi aux côtés de buveurs à problèmes. Ce registre contient des informations telles que des mesures de la durée et de la gravité des problèmes d'alcoolisme parental, le comportement des parents alcooliques sous l'emprise de l'alcool et en période de sobriété, les violences physiques, psychologiques et sexuelles et divers facteurs d'environnement. L'ACATI est bien corrélé avec le questionnaire sur l'arbre généalogique et présente une excellente fiabilité de test-retest à 14 jours pour la plupart des variables. Le test-retest a été réalisé au Danemark en 2009, dans un service d'accompagnement psychologique destiné aux jeunes adultes issus de familles présentant des problèmes d'alcool (N = 49).

RESUMEN

Inventario de Trauma en Adultos Hijos de Alcohólicos

El Inventario de Trauma en Adultos Hijos de Alcohólicos (Adult Children of Alcoholics Trauma Inventory –ACATI) registra las variaciones en el recuerdo de la experiencia de crecer con alcohólicos problemáticos. El ACATI incluye medidas de la duración y la intensidad de los problemas con el alcohol de los padres, el comportamiento de los padres alcohólicos cuando estaban intoxicados y cuando estaban sobrios, los abusos físicopsicológicos y sexuales y los factores ambientales. El ACATI se correlacionó bien con el Cuestionario del Árbol Familiar y mostró una excelente fiabilidad en la repetición de la prueba a los 14 días en la mayoría de las variables. La prueba y la repetición se realizaron en 2009 en un servicio de asesoramiento para adultos jóvenes de familias con problemas de alcohol en Dinamarca (N = 49).

THE AUTHORS

Thomas Mackrill, Ph.D., is a postdoc researcher at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus University. He is also a consultant at a Danish national counseling service for young adults from families with alcohol problems. His research focuses on counseling psychology, the family members of substance abusers, and the relationship between everyday life and interventions.

Morten Hesse, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus University. Dr. Hesse's research activities focus on understanding and addressing alcohol and other drug-related problems with a special emphasis on three areas: the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions, psychopathology, and the personality psychology of substance use.

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