The adult children of alcoholics trauma inventory

Subst Use Misuse. 2011;46(9):1099-104. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2011.561466. Epub 2011 Mar 10.

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).

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Adult Children / psychology*
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology*
  • Child
  • Child of Impaired Parents*
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Recall
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*
  • Young Adult