Neural and psychological characteristics of college students with alcoholic parents differ depending on current alcohol use.

ABSTRACT: A significant proportion of college students are adult children of an alcoholic parent (ACoA), which can confer greater risk of depression, poor self-esteem, alcohol and drug problems, and greater levels of college attrition. However, some ACoA are resilient to these negative outcomes. The goal of this study was to better understand the psychobiological factors that distinguish resilient and vulnerable college-aged ACoAs. To do so, scholastic performance and psychological health were measured in ACoA college students not engaged in hazardous alcohol use (resilient) and those currently engaged in hazardous alcohol use (vulnerable). Neural activity (as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging) in response to performing working memory and emotion-based tasks were assessed. Furthermor

SUBMITTER: Brown-Rice KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5690848 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature