Affiliation:
1. Flinders University of South Australia
Abstract
This article reports on a controlledfield trial into the effectiveness of a self-help manual based on the Pressures to Change procedure for the female partners of heavy drinkers. Thirty-eight female partners of heavy drinkers were randomly assigned either to counseling, self-help, or a waiting list control group. Clients were pre- and posttested using two self-report measures of distress, and the drinking behavior of the male partner was also monitored. Both self-help and counseling were superior to no treatment in producing behavior change in the drinker and in relieving the female partner's level of depression. There was no difference between the counsel ing and self-help modalities. Self-help therapy is now a realistic option for female partners who either cannot or will not present for treatment. Similarly, a self-help manual for partners provides generalist social workers in secondary settings with a new intervention option m their work with resistant drinkers.
Subject
General Psychology,Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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