Emotional character of family bonds – the perspective of parents of adult children addicted to alcohol

Diana Müller-Siekierska
Studia nad Rodziną
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.49.4.02

Abstract

Despite the fact that in the Polish scientific and specialist literature the problem of co-dependence and the psychological support system for family members of alcohol addicts is widely described, the emotional function of the family with the alcohol problem from the perspective of adult parents of addicted children is still overlooked. In the available scientific literature, it is difficult to identify and indicate specific problems that only the parents of adult children addicted to alcohol have. Usually the conclusions from these studies concern the general relatives of addicts. This article attempts to answer the questions what emotions are experienced by the parents of an adult child addicted to alcohol, what significance they give to these emotions, and how the emotions experienced by parents affect their bonds with alcohol addicted children. The first part of the article is the theoretical foundation. It discusses the issue of family bonds, with particular emphasis on emotional bonds in the family with the alcohol problem. The second part of the article is an analysis of a fragment of research conducted as part of the project called „Family in the system of social support and help people with alcohol problems. Biographical research with the participation of parents (adults) of children addicted to alcohol. „The task „Supporting scientific research in the area of problems arising from the use of alcohol”. This project is implemented from the Gambling Risk Fund under the National Health Program for 2016-2020. The article ends with conclusions about the emotions experienced and felt by parents of adult children addicted to alcohol.

Keywords:

bonds in the alcoholic family, emotions in the alcoholic family, parents of adult children addicted to alcohol

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Müller-Siekierska, D. (2021). Emotional character of family bonds – the perspective of parents of adult children addicted to alcohol. Studia Nad Rodziną, 22(4(49), 9–31. https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.49.4.02

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