International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management 2(4): October-December 2014 279 www.anvpublication.org ISSN-2347–8632 RESEARCH ARTICLE Opinion of Children Regarding Alcoholics in a Selected Rural Community, Salem R. Naganandini, Mr. Naiju M. Punnoose, Mr. Binu Keezheth and Dr. V. Selvanayaki Vinayaka Mission’s Annapoorana College of Nursing, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding Author Email: nandinivadivel@gmail.com ABSTRACT: A descriptive cross sectional survey was undertaken to assess the opinion of children regarding their alcoholics". The data were 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.. Area wise distribution or opinion regarding alcoholics depicts that more or less similar percentage of the children had negative opinion regarding father (46.67%) family (43.3%) education (50%) and individual (40%). No significant association were found between the opinion of children regarding alcoholics and their selected demographic variables. 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). Received on 13.11.2014 Modified on 24.11.2014 Accepted on 27.11.2014 © A&V Publication all right reserved Int. J. Adv. Nur. Management 2(4): Oct. - Dec., 2014; Page 279-280 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