Effects of a nonviolent communication-based training program for inpatient alcoholics in South Korea
1Department of Nursing, Kyungbok University, Namyangju, Geyonggi, South Korea.
Purpose:
This study aimed to evaluate a communication skills program based on nonviolent communication targeted on inpatient alcoholics at the alcoholics specialized ward.
Design And Methods:
The sample for this mixed methods quasi-experimental study comprised 47 patients who were hospitalized in the alcoholic wards of two psychiatric hospitals in South Korea.
Findings:
The program effectively improved participants' empathy, anger expression, communication competence, and alcohol abstinence self-efficacy (p < .001).
Practice Implications:
This program could be implemented in community-based alcoholic care with the aim of preventing relapse and serve as the basis for developing similar programs for family members.
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