Family epressed emotion in relapse of alcoholism

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dc.contributor.authorGithae, Eunice Njango
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-15T08:02:17Z
dc.date.available2022-03-15T08:02:17Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionResearch paper in IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Scienceen_US
dc.description.abstractAlcoholism 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 R2 = .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 R2=.282 and over-involvement at R2=.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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 9, Ver. 11 (Sep. 2016) PP 33-41 e-ISSN: 2279-0837en_US
dc.identifier.issn2279-0837
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23196
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Organization Of Scientific Research (IOSR)en_US
dc.subjectExpressed emotionen_US
dc.subjectalcoholismen_US
dc.subjectpatienten_US
dc.subjectabstinenceen_US
dc.subjectemotional over-involvementen_US
dc.titleFamily epressed emotion in relapse of alcoholismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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