TY - CHAP
T1 - The child in the family of a drug-using father
T2 - Attachment styles and family characteristics
AU - Finzi-Dottan, Ricky
AU - Cohen, Orna
AU - Iwaniec, Dorota
AU - Sapir, Yaffa
AU - Weizman, Abraham
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - The study examined the impact of family characteristics and parental attachment styles on the children of drug-using (DU) fathers in fifty-six families (n = 168) in Israel. Of the DU fathers, 60.7% were characterized by avoidant attachment style. Among the non-DU mothers, 53.6% were characterized by secure attachment style, 42.9% by avoidant style, and 3.6% by anxious/ambivalent style. Surprisingly, family cohesion and adaptability scores were similar to the Israeli norm, perhaps because the DUs had completed detoxification treatment and participated in rehabilitation programs. Of the children, 61.8% were characterized by secure attachment style, 21.8% by avoidant style, and 16.4% by anxious/ambivalent style. Stepwise regression to predict children's attachment styles revealed that maternal security of attachment and paternal anxious/ambivalent style predict similar attachment styles among the children. The important combined effects of spousal attachment styles on the children are discussed.
AB - The study examined the impact of family characteristics and parental attachment styles on the children of drug-using (DU) fathers in fifty-six families (n = 168) in Israel. Of the DU fathers, 60.7% were characterized by avoidant attachment style. Among the non-DU mothers, 53.6% were characterized by secure attachment style, 42.9% by avoidant style, and 3.6% by anxious/ambivalent style. Surprisingly, family cohesion and adaptability scores were similar to the Israeli norm, perhaps because the DUs had completed detoxification treatment and participated in rehabilitation programs. Of the children, 61.8% were characterized by secure attachment style, 21.8% by avoidant style, and 16.4% by anxious/ambivalent style. Stepwise regression to predict children's attachment styles revealed that maternal security of attachment and paternal anxious/ambivalent style predict similar attachment styles among the children. The important combined effects of spousal attachment styles on the children are discussed.
KW - Children of drug-using fathers
KW - attachment styles
KW - family cohesion and adaptability
KW - parental impact
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925746271&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9780203462638
DO - 10.4324/9780203462638
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AN - SCOPUS:84925746271
SN - 9780203462638
SP - 89
EP - 112
BT - Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -