TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship of pretreatment family functioning to drinking behavior during follow-up by alcoholic patients
AU - Mckay, James R.
AU - Longabaugh, Richard
AU - Beattie, Martha C.
AU - Maisto, Stephen A.
AU - Noel, Nora E.
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - The relationship of alcoholics″ perceptions of the pretreatment functioning of their families to drinking outcomes during an 18-month follow-up was examined. Family functioning was hypothesized to be predictive of drinking behavior, particularly in subjects with low assertion of autonomy scores. These individuals report greater dependency and attachment, and therefore might be more affected by the state of important relationships. The results indicated that with low autonomy male alcoholics, greater family dysfunction predicted significantly fewer days abstinent during Months 1-6 and 13-18 and more severe drinking episodes during the first year of the follow-up. In the high autonomy males, family dysfunction was unrelated to subsequent drinking behavior. In women, on the other hand, greater family dysfunction predicted more days abstinent in those high in autonomy and was unrelated to the drinking behavior of those low in autonomy. Implications for patient-treatment matching, differences between male and female alcoholics, and the need for additional studies of family functioning and drinking behavior in women are discussed.
AB - The relationship of alcoholics″ perceptions of the pretreatment functioning of their families to drinking outcomes during an 18-month follow-up was examined. Family functioning was hypothesized to be predictive of drinking behavior, particularly in subjects with low assertion of autonomy scores. These individuals report greater dependency and attachment, and therefore might be more affected by the state of important relationships. The results indicated that with low autonomy male alcoholics, greater family dysfunction predicted significantly fewer days abstinent during Months 1-6 and 13-18 and more severe drinking episodes during the first year of the follow-up. In the high autonomy males, family dysfunction was unrelated to subsequent drinking behavior. In women, on the other hand, greater family dysfunction predicted more days abstinent in those high in autonomy and was unrelated to the drinking behavior of those low in autonomy. Implications for patient-treatment matching, differences between male and female alcoholics, and the need for additional studies of family functioning and drinking behavior in women are discussed.
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U2 - 10.3109/00952999209051041
DO - 10.3109/00952999209051041
M3 - Article
C2 - 1449124
AN - SCOPUS:0026760936
VL - 18
SP - 445
EP - 460
JO - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
JF - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
SN - 0095-2990
IS - 4
ER -