Abstract
This prospective study focused on spouses of late-life problem drinkers. At initial assessment, spouses of late-life problem drinkers (n = 87) reported poorer health-related and social functioning, more reliance on cognitive coping strategies, and more shared, cognitive-avoidance coping than did spouses of nonproblem drinkers (n = 87); they also reported more stressful, less supportive family contexts. Spouses of individuals who would remit over a 1-year interval (n = 22) did not appear to provide their partners with an impetus for recovery. However, spouses of remitted problem drinkers improved in several areas over the 1-year follow-up. By contrast, spouses of nonremitted partners (n = 65) continued to function more poorly and reported less supportive relationships with partners and escalating conflicts with children
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