Short-term group treatment for adult children of alcoholics.

Highly significant test score changes of adult children of alcoholics supported the effectiveness of individual therapy in short-term groups. 24 Ss were tested on measures of loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale); anxiety, hostility, and depression (Multiple Affect Adjective Check List—Revised [MAACL—R]); and interpersonal dependency (Interpersonal Dependency Inventory [IDI]). MAACL—R Anxiety and Depression scores declined. MAACL—R Hostility scores rose at the end of the treatment and then declined sharply 8 wks later. Increases toward test norms occurred on the IDI Lack of Social Confidence scale. Scores on the IDI Emotional Reliance on Another Person scale, the IDI Assertion of Autonomy scale, and the UCLA Loneliness Scale fell within scale norms and showed little change. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)