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- Title
Personality characteristics of women with alcohol addiction: A Rorschach study of women in an early treatment programme.
- Authors
Bergman, Inger; Haver, Brit; Bergman, Hans; Dahlgren, Lena; Nielsen, Geir H.
- Abstract
This study identifies personality characteristics in a group of Swedish women (N=60) attending their first treatment for alcohol problems.The treatment programme specifically addressed women in an early phase of their drinking career, and was called "Early Treatment of Women with Alcohol Addiction" (EWA). Rorschach personality profiles of the 60 women differed significantly in almost all investigated aspects in a psychopathological direction from norms reported by Exner for a reference group of female non-patients. The findings are consistent with the assumption that, although the EWA women were socially well-functioning and fairly early in their drinking career, they nevertheless reveal serious underlying psychopathology. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; STOCKHOLM (Sweden); WOMEN with alcoholism; ALCOHOLISM treatment; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 1998, Vol 39, Issue 1
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9450.00055