Abstract
The present research was designed to study the psychological
of father's substance addiction on their adult children. It was
hypothesized that adult children of substance addicts will suffer more
from psychological problems (paranoia, hypomania, and
schizophrenia) than the adult children of non-addicts. A sample
100 adult children (50 of substance addict fathers and 50
of non-addict fathers), matched on the variables of age, sex,
residential area, family stucture, and marital status. Each group
included 27 adult sons and 23 adult daughters. The sample of first
group was approached through different detoxification centers of
Kamchi. The second sample was from the neighborhood of the first
goup. In order to study the psychological problems, a s&uctured
interview form (Intake Card and Case History used in Institute
of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi) and Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory (NflvIPI) Urdu version (Mirza,
1977) was administered on children of both the youps individually. t-
test was for statistical analysis of the data. It was found that
adult children of substance addicts suffer more from
symptoms like paranoia and hypomania, as compared to adult
children of non addicts, but they do not differ on the variable of
schizophrenia.
Uzma Ali, Seema Munaf. (2006) Psychotic Profile of Children of Substance Addict Fathers, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, Volume-21, Issue-1-2.
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