Understanding and managing expressed emotion in the couples treatment of alcoholism

Rotunda, Robert J.; O’Farrell, Timothy J.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6572(199823)4:3<55::aid-sess5>3.0.co;2-7

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“…According to Hooley (2007) a family is characterized as having high EE when there is presence of expression of hostility, criticism and EOI. However, the expressed emotion has no implication if it is not perceived by the recipient (Rotunda & O'Farrell, 1998). The study findings demonstrated that the expressed emotion by a family member was also perceived by the recipient who was the family member that was suffering alcoholism.…”

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“…In this study, the individual recovering from alcoholism receives too much care but such care is wrapped up within criticism from a close family member. This would mean that the criticism experienced in a high EE family is counterbalanced by emotional over-involvement that may comprise a double-bind for the alcohol-dependent individual (Rotunda and O'Farrell, 1998 Janak & Chaundri, 2010). Exposure to stress is the most powerful and reliable experimental manipulation used on animals to induce return to drinking of alcohol following a period of imposed deprivation (Nesic & Duka, 2008).…”

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“…This study focused on the role of the family interactional pattern referred to as emotional expression (EE) in the course of alcoholism. EE is a pattern characterized by hostility, criticism, and emotional over-involvement towards a patient with a psychological problem such as alcoholism (Rotunda and O'Farrell 1998;Hooley, 2007). Hostilityis evidenced by an expression of anger, resentment, irritability, assault, and antagonism by relatives of a patient with a psychiatric problem because they viewthe individual asresponsible for their difficulties.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Criticism on the other hand involves expressing disapproval and dislike to something that the patient does (Simmons, Chambless, & Gordon, 2008). In sharp contrast, emotional over-involvement (EOI) is a tendency to be overly protective of the patient and being over-concerned, devoted, and self-sacrificing to the patient (Hooley & Gotlib, 2000;Rotunda and O'Farrell 1998). EE is a characteristic of family members and not necessarily of the patients themselves (Hooley, 2007).…”

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Family Expressed Emotion In Relapse of Alcoholism

Githae¹,

Njango²

2016

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Abstract:-Alcoholism is a family illness that requires treatment of the whole family, because recovery after rehabilitation seems mostly achievable when both the individual and their family are involved in relapse prevention. While studies have demonstrated that the family plays an important role from the diagnosis to treatment of alcoholism, few studies have focused on the interpersonal dynamics of family members which would maintain alcoholism relatedbehaviors and lead to relapse. Such interpersonal dynamics include the family emotional expression (EE) and how it may relate to relapse of an individual dependent on alcohol. The relationship between family EE and the occurrence of relapse in alcoholism was examined. The study was underpinned by the Family Systems Theory to help understand how complex interactional patterns among family members were likely to maintainmaladaptive behaviors such as alcoholism. Samples were derived from populations of inpatient individuals that were addicted to alcohol (N=186) and their family members in Nairobi, Kenya. The study found out that EE had a predictive value R 2 = .348 and was statistically significant at p=0.000<0.05. While hostility was found to have an inverse relationship with relapse (β=-.133), criticism was found to predict relapse at R 2 =.282 and over-involvement at R 2 =.471%. The study concluded that high levels of family EE were a significant in predicting relapse of an individual dependent on alcohol during the recovery process.

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Family Expressed Emotion In Relapse of Alcoholism

Githae¹,

Njango²

2016

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“…Other evidence for DW cycles comes from the clinical literature. For example, research has suggested that the expression of negative emotion by spouses of alcoholic patients leads to increases in drinking (e.g., Mattson, O'Farrell, Monson, Panuzio, & Taft, 2010;O'Farrell, Hooley, Fals-Stewart, & Cutter, 1998;Rotunda & O'Farrell, 1998). Positive emotionality in couples, however, might serve a protective function.…”

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Health behavior and emotion regulation in couples.

Skoyen¹,

Kogan²,

Novak³

et al. 2013

Health and Social Relationships: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated.

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This connection between emotion regulation and health behaviors becomes particularly pronounced in the context of committed romantic relationships, where it has an added layer of complexity. In addition to regulating their own emotions and health behaviors, partners in relationships become involved in each other's health-related and emotion regulation processes. Depending on the quality of the relationship and individual partner characteristics, their bond may have positive and negative effects on emotion and health (for reviews, see Kiecolt-Glaser & Newton, 2001;and Walker & Luszcz, 2009).

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