Achievement, Well-Being, Intelligence, and Stress Reaction in Adult Children of Alcoholics
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among achievement, well-being, intelligence, and stress reaction in a sample of adult children of alcoholics on whom little research has been conducted. 44 such persons were tested on subscales of the California Psychological Inventory and scores compared with those of 92 control subjects. Also given were a subscale of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and the Impact of Event Scale. The adult children of alcoholics over-all showed lower well-being and lower achievement than controls, but those with high well-being scored higher on both achievement scales than controls with low well-being and other adult children of alcoholics with low well-being. These adults showed no significant stress reaction on the Impact of Event Scale.