Domestic Abuse Experienced by Young People living in Families with Alcohol Problems: Results from a Cross-European Study

This paper presents findings from the European Union (EU) DAPHNE project ALC-VIOL (2005-07). The project involved ten EU states (Germany, Austria, England, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Poland and Spain). The research involved interviews with young people aged 12-18 from Germany, Poland, Spain, England and Malta on their experiences of living with parental alcohol misuse and parental violence. The children all had parents involved in treatment for alcohol problems. The study highlights the stressful experiences these children underwent, the effects on them, their coping strategies, and the support that they received and/or wished for, and underlines the need for a more coherent approach to help these children. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.