KMID : 0870520040080020149
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Journal of Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 2004 Volume.8 No. 2 p.149 ~ p.155
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The Effects of Aggressive Characteristics on the Alcohol-Related Aggression and Marital Satisfaction in the Male Patients with Alcohol Dependence
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Kim Soo-In
Choi Young-Sook Woo Haing-Won Kim Sung-Hyun Choi Sam-Wook
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Abstract
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Objectives£ºThis study investigated the effects of alcohol dependence on the alcohol-related aggression and the relationship between the alcohol-related aggression and marital satisfaction.
Methods£º66 patients and 66 family members of each patient were included, who had been treated in St. Andrew¡¯s Neuropsychiatric Hospital. All patients met the diagnostic criteria of alcohol dependence of DSM-IV. For all subjects, we evaluated alcohol-related aggression, aggressive and impulsive characteristics, marital satisfaction and the severity of drinking.
Results£º The group of patients with upper one third of Overt Aggression Scale score had significantly higher physical aggression subscale of Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and problem-solving communication and aggression subscales of Korean Marital Satisfaction Inventory (K-MSI) of spouses than the lower one third. Global distress, problem-solving communication and aggression subscales of K-MSI were significantly higher in the spouses than in the patients with alcohol dependence.
Conclusion£ºWe found a significant relationship between the alcohol-related aggression of the patients with alcohol dependence and the characteristics of their physical aggression. The alcohol-related aggression also related to the high dissatisfaction of spouses of their marital status. It is necessary to understand the alcohol-related aggression and to focus on decreasing the patient¡¯s aggressive behavior.
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KEYWORD
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Alcohol dependence, Aggressive characteristics, Alcohol-related aggression, Marital satisfaction
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