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Psychological Test Data of Depressed, Nondepressed and Relapsed Alcoholics Receiving Pharmacological Aversion *
Author(s) -
Zielinski Joseph J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1979.tb02426.x
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , beck depression inventory , psychopathology , psychology , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , assertiveness , california psychological inventory , psychiatry , psychological testing , group psychotherapy , personality , test (biology) , anxiety , psychotherapist , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics , paleontology , biology
Summary A test battery consisting of the Beck Depression Inventory, Zung Self‐Rating Depression Scale, Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory was administered to newly admitted alcoholic patients receiving pharmacological aversion treatment at a private facility. The results found 42 per cent of these patients to be clinically depressed. This depressed group was also significantly more depressed than relapsed patients readmitted for further treatment. The depressed group appeared qualitatively different in being younger and in reporting significantly more psycho‐pathology on the MMPI. In addition, significant sex differences appeared in that women reported more psychopathology and less overall social skill than their male counterparts. Arguments were presented for both assessing and treating depression and social skill deficits in multifaceted treatment programmes for alcoholics.