The phenomenon of codependency: psychological and medical genetic aspects

Abstract

Addictive behavioral disorders are multifactorial diseases with clinical, neurophysiological, and genetic heterogeneity, a high comorbidity with other disorders, and a low curability. The etiopathogenetic mechanisms of non-chemical forms of addictive behavior have not been sufficiently studied, which makes it difficult to search for effective therapeutic procedures.Objective: to study the psychological and genetic components of a non-chemical addictive disorder as the phenomenon of codependency.Patients and methods. The investigation enrolled 256 women who were divided into three comparison groups: 1) those with the phenomenon of codependency, 2) phenotypically healthy women; 3) a population sample. Psychometric testing was carried out using the «Hand Test» by E. Wagner (adapted by A.I. Gerasimov and S.N. Enikolopov) and the clinical and genealogical characteristics of women with the phenomenon of codependency were studied. Results and discussion. There was a statistically significant predominance of the level of aggressiveness as autoaggression in the structure of the personality profile of women with the phenomenon of codependency (t=2.924–3.015; p=0.004–0.005). The clinical and genealogical characteristics of persons with addictive behavioral disorder as the phenomenon of codependency suggest that there is a statistically significantly high frequency of secondary alcoholism among first-degree and second-degree relatives or both and first-degree male relatives (p<0.001).Conclusion. The phenomenon of codependency as a non-chemical addiction includes psychological and genetic components. Women with codependency had autoaggressive destructive behavior patterns and a family history of alcoholism. The identified psychogenic characteristics can be considered as a risk for an addictive disease and somatoform disorders.

Mental Health States of Housewives: an Evaluation in Terms of Self-perception and Codependency

“…When the studies in the literature are examined, it is stated that the codependence caused by this view causes women to consume all their physical and mental capital and to experience serious mental problems (Karaşar, 2021 ; Khanna & Khatri, 2021 ). In fact, when the literature is examined, it has been stated that codependence may be associated with depression (Karaca and Ünsal, 2012 ), psychosomatic symptoms (Rozhnova et al, 2020 ), interpersonal sensitivity (Reyome et al, 2010 ), anxiety (Panaghi et al, 2016 ), and eating problems (Meyer, 1997 ). The present study findings are consistent with these studies in the literature and that there are a positive correlation between all sub-dimensions of the SCL-90-R and the level of codependency of housewives.…”

“…When the current literature is examined, it is seen that the relationship of codependency with various variables in different samples is a frequently studied subject (Aristizábal, 2020;Bacon et al, 2020;Happ et al, 2022;Karaşar, 2021;Orbon et al, 2021;Rozhnova et al, 2020). However, it has been determined that studies that examine a special sample such as housewives with a broad perspective such as general mental health are insufficient.…”

The multimodal emotion perception in codependent individuals

“…The impairment of emotional perception depended on the specificity of mental illness, the actual needs of the subject, his emotional state, preferences or previous experience (Carr & Buchanan, 1997;Cermak, 1986;Morgan, 1991;Prest et al, 1998). In particular, patients with schizophrenia could easily emit emotions of fear and anger but showed significant differences in differentiating emotions of happiness or sorrow (Nevidimova et al, 2018;Reyomw et al, 2010;Rozhnova et al, 2020). Patients with addiction disorders demonstrated olfactory attractiveness manifested in assessing unpleasant odors as pleasant (gasoline, acetone, etc.)…”

The Relationship Between the Responsibility and the Feelings of Guilt Experienced by People Whose Parents Were Alcohol Addicts

“…Lutsenko, A.M. (2020). Coping strategies and personality profi le characteristics of people whose parents were alcohol addicts Вehavioral science, 10 (32), 212-221. doi.…”

“…paid.2017.09.023 Rozhnova, T.M., Kostyuk, S.V., Malygin, V.L., Enikolopov, S.N., Nikolenko, V.N. (2020). Th e phenomenon of codependency: psychological and medical genetic aspects.…”