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Barn till alkoholister som vuxna

Bosak, Ewelina and Bloch, Anita (2005)
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of our essay is to describe and analyse the experience of adults growing up with alcohol abusing parents and how their adult lives have been affected by this. The essay consists of both theoretical and empirical studies and we have used a qualitative method. We used a semi structured interview where we interviewed eight persons. We used symbolic interaction to analyse the collected data. The result is to a large extent consistent with previous research. The children were directly affected by the alcohol abuse of the parent and their every day lives were filled with fear, disappointment, shame, guilt and uncertainty. Many of the interviewees' adult lives were affected in a negative way and some were affected in a positive way.... (More)
The purpose of our essay is to describe and analyse the experience of adults growing up with alcohol abusing parents and how their adult lives have been affected by this. The essay consists of both theoretical and empirical studies and we have used a qualitative method. We used a semi structured interview where we interviewed eight persons. We used symbolic interaction to analyse the collected data. The result is to a large extent consistent with previous research. The children were directly affected by the alcohol abuse of the parent and their every day lives were filled with fear, disappointment, shame, guilt and uncertainty. Many of the interviewees' adult lives were affected in a negative way and some were affected in a positive way. They had learned something from their experience. (Less)
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author
Bosak, Ewelina and Bloch, Anita
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
alkohol, vuxna, barn, Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
language
Swedish
id
1329082
date added to LUP
2006-04-03 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-05-21 00:00:00
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Barn till alkoholister som vuxna}},
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