Abstract
Alcoholism is destructive to those closest to the alcoholic, and it affects families in several different ways. Many times, rehabilitating an alcoholic is only one part of the process of healing a home. Family members may also need support and counseling. Families with alcohol dependent suffer from a range of problems. Spouses can live in constant conflict. The present study aim was to compare the family interaction and codependency in spouses of alcohol dependence in comparison with normal control. It was a cross sectional study and purposive sampling method was used. Sample consisted of 30 spouses of individuals with alcohol dependence and 30 spouses of normal individuals. Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire was administered on the patient and General Health Questionnaire was administered on spouses for screening purpose. Socio-demographic data sheet, Family Interaction Pattern scale, and Co-dependency Scale were administered on the spouse of both groups. The data was analyzed using SPSS.16. The result revealed that spouses of individuals with alcohol dependence Syndrome had significantly higher scores in Family Interaction Pattern Scale; especially in the domains of reinforcement and role as compared to spouses of normal individuals. It also suggested that the level of codependency was significantly higher to the spouses of individuals with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome as compared to spouses of normal individuals.
Highlights
Alcoholism and substance dependence problem no longer remains a source of problem limited to the alcohol dependence person; rather it usually becomes a continuous source ofHttp://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH [121-128]stress and suffering to all those people who are closely associated with the alcohol dependence person especially to the alcohol dependence spouse
Alcohol dependence has been regarded as family and social disease because often causal factors of alcoholism are embedded in the family systems of the dependent individuals
Codependency a concept widely employed among mental health professionals treating individual diagnosed with substance use disorder and their families has been advanced to explain the deleterious effects of alcoholism on the family in particular and on spouses and children of alcohol dependence person particular
Summary
Alcoholism and substance dependence problem no longer remains a source of problem limited to the alcohol dependence person; rather it usually becomes a continuous source of. Codependency a concept widely employed among mental health professionals treating individual diagnosed with substance use disorder and their families has been advanced to explain the deleterious effects of alcoholism on the family in particular and on spouses and children of alcohol dependence person particular. The whole family is affected due to the presence of an individual with alcohol dependence in the family, most researchers have focused on the effect on wives who often fail to recognize the degree of their own pain. Their energies become centered on the individual with alcohol dependence which leads to the development of codependence. The present study was to examine the difference in the perception of family interaction pattern and co-dependency among spouses of alcohol dependence and normal control
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