PERSONALITY ADJUSTMENT IN COLLEGE-STUDENTS WITH A PARENT PERCEIVED ASALCOHOLIC OR NONALCOHOLIC

Adjustment of 547 college students was examined by the variables of al coholic parentage and participant gender: Results from a multivariate analysis of variance, using the Diagnostic Inventory of Personality an d Symptoms, indicated significant main effects for gender but not for alcoholic parentage. Significant gender differences occurred for alcoh ol abuse, drug abuse, paranoid psychosis, affective depression, anxiet y disorders, psychological factors affecting physical condition, immat ure character, and neurotic character Findings suggest that college st udents from alcoholic homes should not be distinguished from the gener al population in terms of their adjustment.