PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:

Alcoholic beverages have been used in human societies since the beginning of recorded history. The patterns of alcohol intake around the world are constantly evolving, and alcohol is ubiquitous today. Research has contributed substantially to our understanding of the relation of drinking to specific disorders, and has shown that the relation between alcohol consumption and health outcomes is complex and multidimensional. Increases in the average volume of drinking are predicted for the most populous regions of the world in Southeast Asia including India (Balakrishnan, 2011).

Alcohol and tobacco are important products of the global addictive demand and have experienced a rapid increase in per capita consumption. The fastest growth has been in developing countries in the Asian subcontinent where the per capita pure alcohol consumption has increased by over 50% between 1980 and 2000(World Health Organization, 2011).

The per capita consumption of alcohol by adults over 15 years in India increased by 106.7% between 1970–72 and 1994–95. The pattern of drinking in India has changed from occasional and ritualistic use to social use. Today, the common purpose of consuming alcohol is to get drunk. These developments have raised concerns about the health and the social consequences of excessive drinking (Saxena S,2013). WHO report suggested that more than three million Indian had become severally addicted. In the last ten years increased for fold, and forms about 30 percent of the in - patients in the psychiatric wards of hospitals (Shahtaj, 1995). Children of alcoholic fathers exhibit lower self esteem and mal adjustment. There is significant difference between. Children of alcoholic father and children of non alcoholic father in the matter of adjustment. They showed problems of adjustment in the areas of home, school, peers and teachers and general adjustment compared to children of nonalcoholic father (Baruab. A, 2007). Child adjustment in families with paternal alcohol abuse is the result of an accumulation of risk factors rather than the effects of the paternal alcohol abuse alone. Both general environmental risk factors (psychological problems in the fathers, family climate, family health and conflicts) and environmental factors related to the paternal alcohol abuse (severity of the alcohol abuse changes in routines and routines and rituals due to drinking) were related to child adjustment. (Barnestal, 2000).

OBJECTIVES:

• To assess the opinion of children regarding alcoholics a selected rural community, Salem

• To find out significant association between the opinion of children regarding alcoholics and their selected demographic variables

METHODS:

· Design: Non experimental descriptive design with cross sectional survey approach was used.

· Setting: Government Higher secondary school, Kondalampatty, Salem.

· Sample: Children studying Government Higher secondary school, Kondalampatty, Salem

· Sampling technique: Convenient sampling technique was selected for the present study.

· Sample size: sample size of the study was 30.

· Data collection procedure: The data were collected by using Rating Scale

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION:

A descriptive cross sectional survey was undertaken in Head master, Government Higher secondary school, Kondalampatty, Salem to assess the opinion of Children regarding their alcoholic father". The data was collected from 30 children of alcoholic father. From the Study we concluded that the majority (46.6%) of children were in the age group of 12-24 years and majority (60%) of them was male. All (100%) of the children were Hindus, 66 .7% were from nuclear family. Highest percentage (46.6%) was having two or three children was primary education, 63% of alcoholics was daily wages and 46.6% was in the monthly income group of Rs. 500 - Rs. 1000. Majority (66.67%) had undecided opinion regarding there alcoholic father, 20% had negative opinion whereas only 13% had positive opinion.

Tab-1-Factor wise analysis opinion of children regarding alcoholics

OPINION	NO	%
Positive Opinion	4	13.33%
Undecided Opinion	20	66.67%
Negative Opinion	6	26

Highest percentage 40% of children had undecided and negative opinion regarding area related to individuals. 46.67% of children had negative opinion regarding the father. Around 43.3% of children were uncertain regarding family.50% of children were in negative opinion in related to education.

No significant association were found between the opinion of children regarding alcoholics and their selected demographic variables

CONCLUSION:

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Based on the following study the following recommendations have been made for further study.

§ Similar study can be undertaken for large sample to generalize the findings.

§ A comparative study can be undertaken for large sample to generalized the findings.

§ A comparative study can be carried out between rural and urban.

§ Similar study can be conducted in any set up.

§ Experimental study can be undertaken with educational nodule for the alcoholic father and their effect on children.

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Received on 13.11.2014 Modified on 24.11.2014

Int. J. Adv. Nur. Management 2(4): Oct. - Dec., 2014; Page 273-274