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ERIC Number: EJ245392
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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An Endangered Species: The Female as Addict or Member of an Addict Family.
Coleman, Sandra B.
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, v7 n2 p171-80 Apr 1981
Surveys some of the representative literature reflecting attitudes and practices imposed on women addicts or female members of drug/alcohol abusing family systems. Explanations based on a study of healthy family systems are given with interpretations anchored in cultural rather than sexist phenomena. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Drug Addiction, Family Characteristics, Family Relationship, Females, Literature Reviews, Marital Instability, Sex Differences, State of the Art Reviews, Systems Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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