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Unique Aspects of Female-primary Alcoholic Relationships
Kelly E Green1, Lisa A Pugh1, Barbara S McCrady1
1Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ.
Objective:
This descriptive paper assesses the applicability of knowledge about alcoholic relationships to treatment-seeking alcoholic women.
Methods:
One hundred and nine heterosexual couples were recruited between 1997 and 2000 for a randomized clinical trial of treatments for female alcoholics. Measures included the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV, Timeline Followback Interview, Areas of Change Questionnaire, Dyadic Adjustment Scale-Revised, Spouse Behavior Questionnaire, and Drinking Patterns Questionnaire.
Results:
Couples reported moderate levels of relationship distress the women claimed that relationship issues were important antecedents to their alcohol consumption. Male partners reported frequent use of active and passive strategies for coping with their wives drinking.
Conlcusions:
Results suggest that findings on marital distress are applicable to both populations, but that findings on reasons for drinking from male-primary alcoholic couples may not be fully applicable to female-primary alcoholic couples.
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