Aim. The authors present results of research in which they have tried to answer the question of the specificity of parentification process of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA) in comparison to healthy individuals. Method. One hundred twenty people took part in the study: sixty Adult Children of Alcoholics (research group) and sixty adults, who were not raised in families with the problem of a...

Filial cannibalism occurs in many animal species ranging from insects to mammals, and is especially well described in teleost fishes. Numerous causes may lead to this behaviour, e.g. certainty of paternity. However, the cues males use to assess their paternity often remain unknown. One possible way to differentiate between own and foreign offspring is by using egg cues. Nevertheless, in egg-lay...

AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of the study conducted on 110 women (55 research group, 55 control group) was to answer the question: If and what kind of parentification (role reversal in the family) do women with Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA) syndrome experience in comparison to women who did not experience parent's alcoholism in childhood? METHOD The following methods were applied in the stu...

E NEED for an accurate and simple determination for serum glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (SGO-T) in the clinical laboratory led! us to investigate a procedure published recelltiy by Babson et al. (1,2). III this niethod the (hiazonium salt, (i-bellzamido-4-methoxv-ln-tolui(line (liazoluunl chloride, pro(111c’s a higilly specific color for the oxalacetic acid! fornied as a product of transamin...

Results The study found that long-term care was defined as the care provided by formal professional health care staffs and informal staffs to people who were unable to live their lives on their own because of functional limiting health problems such as chronic illnesses in elderly people. The systems of care that affected the quality of life of clients consisted of biological, psychological and...