Open AccessEFFECTS OF ALCOHOL
Author(s) -
Hira Aziz,
Fauzia Naz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2016.23.06.1607
Subject(s) - pessimism , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , cognition , personality , medicine , socioeconomic status , psychology , psychiatry , population , social psychology , philosophy , environmental health , epistemology , economics , macroeconomics
Objectives: The present study examined the effects of alcohol consumptionon cognitive failures, depressive symptoms, pessimism and psychological maladjustmentamong alcoholics. The research further explored predictive relationship between cognitivedisturbances, depressive symptoms, pessimism and psychological maladjustment inalcoholics. Study Design: Between-groups correlational research design. Settings: Lahorecity. Method: A sample of 33 men and 4 women (age: 20-60 years) who were addicted toalcohol were recruited. Equal number of comparison group who do not use alcohol, matchedon age, gender and socioeconomic status were recruited. Cognitive Failure Questionnaire1,Personality Assessment Questionnaire2, Life Orientation Test3 and Centre for EpidemiologicalScale for Depression Scale4 were used as assessment measures. Results: Results of thestudy showed that alcoholics had higher scores on cognitive failures, depressive symptoms,pessimism and psychological maladjustments as compare to the non-alcoholics. There was asignificant predictive relationship between cognitive failures, pessimism, depressive symptomsand psychological maladjustment. Results of AMOS show model fit with cognitive failure,depressive symptoms and pessimism as significant predictors of different dimensions ofpsychological maladjustment among alcoholics.