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Running header: YOUTH ALCOHOLISM INHERITED TRAITS Youth Alcoholism Inherited Traits: Diagnostic and Treatment Clairissa Kay Barnes Montana State University-Billings Abstract Alcoholic fathers have a direct effect on their children. Sons and daughters of alcoholics are at a higher risk of being alcoholics and/or being drug dependent. This cycle creates a wide variety of problems associated with alcoholism, such as, addiction, abuse, crime, and antisocial behavior. Communities are then affected by the individual’s behavior, causing the community to take action and activate the different agencies associated with social problems. Alcoholism linked to family and environment Families with alcohol addictions, according to Schuckit and Smith (1997), have Low Levels of Response (LR) this means they need a larger amount of alcohol in order to feel intoxicated, which indicated a high risk for alcoholism. They also considered The Family History Positive (FHP) and The Negative Family History (FHN), which indicated whether or not the family exhibited a history of alcoholism. The study found with an LR and FHP that the sons of alcoholics would indeed be prone to alcoholism and be in the higher risk category for becoming alcoholics. Another study performed by Harford and Muthen (2000) which linked Adult Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) with adolescent and young adult antisocial behavior (ASB).
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