Family Emotional Over-Involvement and Relapse among Inpatient Alcoholics in Nairobi, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorGithae, Eunice Njango
dc.contributor.authorSirera, Merecia
dc.contributor.authorWasanga, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-28T12:46:12Z
dc.date.available2022-02-28T12:46:12Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.descriptionA research paper in IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 7, Ver. 1 (July. 2016) PP 44-50en_US
dc.description.abstractFamily interactional patterns have been proposed as significant in relapse of most psychiatric disorders. Many studies have demonstrated that patterns of interactions of family members affect the quality of relationships within such families. Research, particularly in Systems Theories, has also indicated that the ways in which family members interact with each other is cyclic and affect recovery and sustainability of treatment among psychiatric patients. Although the relationship between family communication dynamics and psychiatric relapse has received much attention, few studies have focused on such dynamics within alcoholic families. This study has examined one of the interactional patterns referred to as emotional over-involvement (EOI) among close family members with alcoholic patients. The study is underpinned by the Family Systems Theory (Minuchin, 1974), and views alcoholism as a „family illness‟. The study derived samples from inpatient alcoholics in rehabilitation centers (N=186) and their family members in Nairobi County, Kenya. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to assess for alcoholism, while a questionnaire was generated to assess family EOI. Interviews were also carried out and were corroborated with the questionnaires. Pearson correlations and regression analyses showed that EOI was statistically significant at p=0.000<0.05 and had a predictive value of .471. This meant that EOI expressed by family members was a very significant predictor for relapse among recovering alcoholics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 7, Ver. 1 (July. 2016) PP 44-50 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845en_US
dc.identifier.issn2279-0837
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23183
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Organization Of Scientific Research (IOSR)en_US
dc.subjectemotional over-involvementen_US
dc.subjectrelaemotional over-involvementen_US
dc.subjectrelapseen_US
dc.subjectexpressed emotionen_US
dc.subjectaddictionen_US
dc.subjectrehabilitation/treatmenten_US
dc.subjectalcoholismen_US
dc.subjectabstinencepseen_US
dc.subjectexpressed emotionen_US
dc.subjectaddictionen_US
dc.subjectrehabilitation/treatmenten_US
dc.subjectalcoholismen_US
dc.subjectabstinenceen_US
dc.titleFamily Emotional Over-Involvement and Relapse among Inpatient Alcoholics in Nairobi, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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