QUALITY OF LIFE AND THERAPY EFFECTS AMONG ALCOHOLICS

• Authors: Jan Chodkiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between an alcoholic’s quality of life and the results of therapy which were defined as the ability to maintain abstinence for one year. The Life Satisfaction Questionnaire FLZ by Fahrenberg and others, and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) by Watson and others were applied in this study. The study was conducted at the beginning and end of therapy, one year after subjects started maintaining abstinence, with one group (n = 64) sustaining their abstinence and the second group (n = 81) relapsing into drinking. Results indicate that at the beginning of treatment the group`s levels of life satisfaction and affect did not differ. When therapy ended, people maintaining abstinence were characterized by higher levels of overall satisfaction with life and satisfaction with health, leisure, and friends. Throughout the treatment, patients who remained abstinent experienced significant increases in several dimensions of life satisfaction, overall satisfaction, and positive affects. These were not observed among patients who relapsed into drinking.

Keywords

EN

ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPY; MAINTAINING ABSTINENCE

• Publisher: University of Wrocław, Institute of Psychology and Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT - Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Polish Journal of Applied Psychology
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 49-65

Contributors

author

Jan Chodkiewicz

• Department of Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Łódź, ul. Smugowa 10/12, 91-433 Łódź