The participants were all undergraduate students at West Virginia University and were ages 18-24. The ACOAs included 41 females and 16 males, while the CONAs included 46 females and 54 males. One hundred fifty-seven participants were white, 6 were black, and 9 were Asian-Americans. Their status as an adult child of an alcoholic was determined using the Children of Alcholics Screening Test. Results revealed that ACOAs had signficiantly higher scores on the BDI and to have significantly lower self- esteem on the Index of Self-Esteem, than CONAs. ACOAs were also more likely to have a depressive attributional style in that they perceived failure as more internal, stable, and global than did CONAs. In addition, females had signficantly BDI scores than did males. Tables and 26 references (Author abstract modified)