In the Adolescent/Adult Family Development Project (AFDP; Chassin et al., 1991), 454 adolescents and their parents completed repeated, computerized, in-home interviews. Of these, 246 included a biological and custodial alcoholic parent whereas 208 were matched controls. COA families were recruited by means of court records (n=103), wellness questionnaires from a health maintenance organization (n=22), and community telephone surveys (n=120). Inclusion criteria for COA families were Hispanic or non-Hispanic Caucasian ethnicity, Arizona residency, having a 10.5–15.5 year old adolescent, English-speaking, lack of cognitive limitations precluding an interview, and a biological and custodial parent who met DSM-III lifetime criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. Lifetime presence of parent alcoholism was determined through diagnostic interviews with parents using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule or through spousal report using the Family History Research Diagnostic Criteria (if the alcoholic parent was not interviewed). Matched control families were recruited by phone screens of families identified through reverse directory searches based on identified COAs. Control families matched COA families on the basis of ethnicity, family composition, target child’s sex and age and socioeconomic status. Direct interview data confirmed
