Verbal Aggression Among Male Alcoholic Patients and Their Wives in the Year Before and Two Years After Alcoholism Treatment

摘要: Our earlier reports on 88 male alcoholics and their wives showed that domestic violence decreased significantly in the first second year following a behavioral marital therapy (BMT) alcoholism treatment program. The present study examined verbal aggression this same sample. In before BMT, was greater—being five to seven times more prevalent for clinically elevated substantially frequent—for alcoholic husbands than demographically matched, nonalcoholic comparison two years after both men significant substantial reductions as compared with BMT. Despite these from BMT remained relative similar controls. As predicted, relapsed 2 couples remitted husband controls, whereas had levels of Further, frequency drinking positively correlated BMT; greater when drank frequently.