The functioning of family systems of persons with alkohol dependence in perception of their adolescent sons and doughters

Abstract

Alcohol dependence, often referred to as a social disease, is one of the most  popular pathology nowadays. It changes the functioning of whole family system. This article is an attempt to describe the functioning of the systems of personns with alkohol problems in the context of Circumplex Model of Merital and Family Systems by D. Olson and his associated. The group of  160 adolescents  aged 16-19 years was surveyed by SOR in adaptation by A. Margasiński. The results indicate deficits in functioning of these families in cohesion and flexibility of the system, and also  - of communications and satisfaction in family life.