Sexual adjustment of male alcoholics: changes from before to after receiving alcoholism counseling with and without marital therapy
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Sexual adjustment changes were examined in male alcoholics before and after alcoholism counseling with and without marital therapy. Results showed that impotence decreased from before to after counseling regardless of whether the patients received marital therapy. Also, husbands who received behavioral marital therapy reported increased frequency of wives' orgasm during intercourse and greater increases in satisfaction. These findings support a biopsychosocial formulation of sexual problems among alcoholics which implicates the physical effects of acute and chronic alcohol intake.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 1998
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Stress, cognitive factors, and coping resources as predictors of relapse in alcoholics
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In understanding alcohol relapse there has been an emphasis on the relationship between relapse and stress. Alcohol-dependent individuals attending a detoxification unit were assessed on a range of psychological, demographic and social variables. High self-efficacy was found to predict low levels of self reported drinking at follow-up, and high rates of stress prior to follow-up were linked to self-reported poor drinking outcomes. Ongoing social support after treatment was linked with favorable drinking outcomes.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 1999
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An empirical classification of drinking patterns among alcoholics: binge, episodic, sporadic, and steady
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A computer algorithm in Statistical Analysis System helped classify steady, irregular, incident-related and excessive drinkers from a set of 94 men alcoholics undergoing outpatient conjoint therapy. Of the sample, 33 men were episodic, 12 irregular, 40 steady drinkers, three indulged excessively, while the remaining men remained unclassified.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 1995
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