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Effects of a nonviolent communication‐based training program for inpatient alcoholics in South Korea
Author(s) -
Yang Jeongwoon,
Kim Sungjae
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12673
Subject(s) - anger , empathy , abstinence , competence (human resources) , medicine , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
Purpose This study aimed to evaluate a communication skills program based on nonviolent communication targeted on inpatient alcoholics at the alcoholics specialized ward. Design and Methods The sample for this mixed methods quasi‐experimental study comprised 47 patients who were hospitalized in the alcoholic wards of two psychiatric hospitals in South Korea. Findings The program effectively improved participants' empathy, anger expression, communication competence, and alcohol abstinence self‐efficacy ( p < .001). Practice implications This program could be implemented in community‐based alcoholic care with the aim of preventing relapse and serve as the basis for developing similar programs for family members.