The Alcoholic Family at Home

Steinglass, Peter

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1980.01780300090011

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“…Kahler, McCrady, & Epstein, 2003). Jacob et al noted that this pattern of results was consistent with the hypothesis that alcohol consumption may have adaptive consequences for marital and family interactions (Steinglass, 1981). Finally, with few exceptions (e.g., Dunn, Jacob, Hummon, & Seilhamer, 1987), most research on AUDs and marital satisfaction has used cross-sectional designs that focused on between-couple differences in marital satisfaction.…”

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Husbands' and wives' alcohol use disorders and marital interactions as longitudinal predictors of marital adjustment.

Cranford

Floyd

Schulenberg

et al. 2011

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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This longitudinal study tested the hypothesis that marital interactions mediate the associations between wives’ and husbands’ lifetime alcoholism status and their subsequent marital adjustment. Participants were 105 couples from the Michigan Longitudinal Study (MLS), an ongoing multimethod investigation of substance use in a community-based sample of alcoholics, nonalcoholics, and their families. At baseline (T1), husbands and wives completed a series of diagnostic measures and lifetime DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol use disorder (AUD) was assessed. Couples completed a problem-solving marital interaction task 3 years later at T2, which was coded for the ratio of positive to negative behaviors (P/N) was calculated. Couples also completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS; Spanier, 1976) at T4 (9 years after T1 and 6 years after T2). Moderate to strong positive correlations were observed between husbands’ and wives’ lifetime AUD, P/N ratio, and dyadic adjustment. Based on an Actor-Partner Independence Model (APIM) framework, results from structural equation modeling showed that husbands’ lifetime AUD was negatively associated with wives’ P/N ratio at the 3 year point, but was not related to their own or their wives’ marital adjustment 9 years from baseline. However, wives’ lifetime AUD had direct negative associations with their own and their husband’s marital satisfaction 9 years later, and wives’ P/N ratio was positively related to their own and their husband’s marital satisfaction 6 years later. Results indicate that marital adjustment in alcoholic couples may be driven more by the wives’ than the husbands’ AUD and marital behavior.

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Husbands' and wives' alcohol use disorders and marital interactions as longitudinal predictors of marital adjustment.

Cranford

Floyd

Schulenberg

et al. 2011

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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“…Konsekvenserne af alkoholikerens forstyrrede relationer til sine naermeste kan også aflaeses i en raekke forskningsresultater, der peger på, at familieinteraktionen i familier med alkoholproblemer er mere dysfunktionel end interaktionen i familier uden alkoholproblemer (Christensen 1998). Andre undersøgelser har dog peget på, at alkoholismens konsekvenser for familien og de enkelte familiemedlemmer ikke er entydig, men vil vaere relateret til faktorer som alkoholikerens drikkemønster (Steinglass 1981) og familiens *Artiklen udspringer af projekt "Børnefamilier med alkoholproblemer -En undersøgelse af psykologiske interventioners indvirkning på familiesamspillet og barnets psykosociale tilpasning." Projektet er finansieret af Sundhedsministeriets Alkoholforskningsmidler.…”

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“…Samlet peger disse undersøgelser på, at kvaliteten af familieinteraktionen i familier med alkoholproblemer er mere belastet og dysfunktionel sammenlignet med interaktionen i familier uden alkoholproblemer (Christensen 1998). Steinglass (1979Steinglass ( , 1981Steinglass et al 1987) har ud fra systematiserede observationer af familier og begreber hentet fra systemteorien opstillet en teori for, hvordan alkoholmisbrug hos et enkelt familiemedlem kan få sådanne implikationer for hele familien. I store traek beskriver Steinglass, hvordan der skal vaere et "goodness-of-fit" mellem alkoholikerens drikkemønster og familiens reguleringsmekanismer for, at alkoholismen kan trives og over tid blive indlejret som det centralt organiserende princip for familiens liv.…”

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“…I disse familier er alkoholismen og den alkoholrelaterede adfaerd blevet det centralt organiserende princip, der styrer hele familiens liv. Steinglass (1981) Jacob et al (i Rotunda et al 1995, 97) viste endvidere, at par, hvor alkoholikeren drak periodevist, var hårdere belastet end par, hvor alkoholikeren havde et stabilt vådt drikkemønster. Par, hvor alkoholikeren drak periodevist, viste mindre problemløsningskapacitet og mere negativitet end par, hvor alkoholikeren drak kontinuerligt (Jacob & Leonard 1988).…”

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“…Denne karakteristik af interaktionen i familier med alkoholproblemer er i overensstemmelse med anden forskning på området (Moos & Moos 1984;Steinglass 1981). Det er dog vigtigt også at bemaerke, at kun 3 % af familierne var udpraeget dysfunktionelle, og at interaktionen i hele 39 % af familierne overordnet kunne betegnes som adaekvat.…”

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Familieinteraktion og symptomer på psykiske belastninger hos alkoholikere og ægtefæller til alkoholikere^*

Christensen¹

1999

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Helene Bygholm Christensen: Family interaction and symptoms of psychological distress among alcoholics and spouses This article focuses on the relationship between alcoholism, dysfunctional family interaction and symptoms of psychological distress among alcoholics and spouses. In a Danish sample of 58 alcoholics and 23 spouses, measures of psychological distress showed that both alcoholics and spouses were psychologically impaired (Brief Symptom Inventory). We found no significant differences between the two groups, indicating that being a spouse of an alcoholic is connected to the same amount of psychological distress as being alcoholic. Family interaction in this group of alcoholic families is characterized by being rigid and control oriented, with unclear communication and an atmosphere of depressiveness, hostility and anxiety (measured with Self-Report Family Inventory). Measures of family interaction and symptoms of psychological distress were mostly unrelated to measures of socioeconomic status and drinking pattern. We found strong correlations between all dimensions of family interaction and alcoholics' symptoms of psychological distress. Contrary to this, spouses' symptoms of psychological distress were almost only related to the level of conflict in the family. The results of this study emphasize the necessity of bringing considerations of comorbidity and family interaction into the treatment of alcoholics.

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Epidemiology of Drug Abuse

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The Alcoholic Family at Home

Cited by 63 publications

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Husbands' and wives' alcohol use disorders and marital interactions as longitudinal predictors of marital adjustment.

Husbands' and wives' alcohol use disorders and marital interactions as longitudinal predictors of marital adjustment.

Familieinteraktion og symptomer på psykiske belastninger hos alkoholikere og ægtefæller til alkoholikere^*

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Cited by 63 publications

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Husbands' and wives' alcohol use disorders and marital interactions as longitudinal predictors of marital adjustment.

Husbands' and wives' alcohol use disorders and marital interactions as longitudinal predictors of marital adjustment.

Familieinteraktion og symptomer på psykiske belastninger hos alkoholikere og ægtefæller til alkoholikere*

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Familieinteraktion og symptomer på psykiske belastninger hos alkoholikere og ægtefæller til alkoholikere^*