An Intergrative Review on Korean Nursing Studies Related to Problematic drinker's children

Abstract This study was conducted to figure out characteristics of the children of problematic drinkers by reviewingthe studies on those children reported in nursing studies in Korea and incorporating the results. The research methodwas integrated literature review, and for the study, eleven articles were selected by searching with key words suchas 'problematic drinking', 'alcoholic', 'alcohol dependence', 'children', and 'nursing' in three research databases, spanningbetween 2000 and 2014. The research results are as follows: For the domestic nursing studies on the children of problematic drinkers, there were many descriptive research using survey method, requiring introduction of various research methods in order to know characteristics and lives of the children of problematic drinkers in depth. For maincharacteristics of the children of problematic drinkers, they have lower ability to cope with, many of them suffer frompsychological and mental health problems, are very sensitive in interpersonal relationships with higher hostility. Inaddition, it is reported that the children of problematic drinkers are likely to have more problematic drinking, showhigher depression and lower emotional perception and expression, social support, and social competence. Based on the results of this study, considering the fact that there are extremely few studies on the children of problematicdrinkers, it requires more active studies and researches in nursing. Through the study with accurate results, it will contribute to nurses' capability in both clinical settings and local community as a guideline.