First Advisor

James L. Breedlove

Term of Graduation

Spring 1975

Date of Publication

5-22-1975

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Department

Social Work

Language

English

Subjects

Women -- Alcohol use -- Oregon -- Portland

DOI

10.15760/etd.2444

Physical Description

1 online resource (iv, 44 pages)

Abstract

In this study marital status and the alcoholism or non-alcoholism of the spouse are hypothesized to be important factors affecting the female alcoholic's personality and treatability. Using as a sample group of women seen at a public treatment center for alcoholism, personality measurement variables were obtained from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. On the basis of these variables and of the additional variable of age, discrimination among this group of women was attempted using a stepwise discriminant analysis.

Classification of this group of women by marital status into four groups (1. alcoholic women with alcoholic spouses; 2. alcoholic women with non-alcoholic spouses; 3. single alcoholic women; and 4. nonalcoholic women married to alcoholics) was achieved on a much better than by chance basis. The greatest amount or discrimination comes from the MMPI scores and from age.

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Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15849

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