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"Lika besatt som han var av att dricka, lika besatt var jag av att hindra det." En kvalitativ studie om hur barn upplever och hanterar uppväxten med alkoholmissbrukande föräldrar.

Stibe, Jessica LU and Svensson, Mia LU (2023) SOPB63 20232
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate what impact adult children describe as a result of their parents’ alcohol abuse while growing up and what coping strategies the children use to deal with the impact of their parent's alcohol abuse. To get the answers to the study we used eight biographies to base the empirical data on which the theory of coping was used to analyze the material. The study shows that children are negatively affected in several ways by living a stressful and conflict-filled everyday life in which they have to take adult responsibility and keep their situation a secret. Furthermore, the study shows that the children manage their situations through strategies that help them cope with living with... (More)
The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate what impact adult children describe as a result of their parents’ alcohol abuse while growing up and what coping strategies the children use to deal with the impact of their parent's alcohol abuse. To get the answers to the study we used eight biographies to base the empirical data on which the theory of coping was used to analyze the material. The study shows that children are negatively affected in several ways by living a stressful and conflict-filled everyday life in which they have to take adult responsibility and keep their situation a secret. Furthermore, the study shows that the children manage their situations through strategies that help them cope with living with alcohol-abusing parents. (Less)
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author
Stibe, Jessica LU and Svensson, Mia LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPB63 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
children of alcoholics, impact, coping strategies, parental alcohol abuse
language
Swedish
id
9145163
date added to LUP
2024-01-23 13:17:53
date last changed
2024-01-23 13:17:53
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  author       = {{Stibe, Jessica and Svensson, Mia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Lika besatt som han var av att dricka, lika besatt var jag av att hindra det." En kvalitativ studie om hur barn upplever och hanterar uppväxten med alkoholmissbrukande föräldrar.}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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