Maisto S A, O'Farrell T J, Connors G J, McKay J R, Pelcovits M
Veterans Administration Medical Center Brockton, Massachusetts.
Addict Behav. 1988;13(1):79-82. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(88)90028-7.
This study was designed to examine alcoholics' attributions about their relapses. The subjects were 36 male alcoholic participants in a study of the effectiveness of group behavioral marital therapy (BMT) for alcoholism. Subjects' treatment condition had been determined by random assignment to either the BMT, interactional marital therapy, or control group. At a two year posttreatment follow-up interview, subjects were asked what they thought the main reasons were for starting and stopping drinking in their two most recent relapses. Subjects' responses showed that both interpersonal and psychological factors were perceived to affect relapses, with some treatment group differences in how relapses were viewed. Subjects reported a variety of factors in their stopping drinking, with anticipation of negative consequences the most frequently reported reason. The treatment groups did not differ on their attributions for relapse termination. The results were interpreted as replicating and extending previous studies of relapse among alcoholics by showing the importance of spouse and other family members in subjects' attributions of relapse and their termination.
本研究旨在考察酗酒者对其复发情况的归因。研究对象为36名男性酗酒者，他们参与了一项关于团体行为婚姻治疗（BMT）对酗酒有效性的研究。研究对象的治疗条件通过随机分配至BMT组、互动婚姻治疗组或对照组来确定。在治疗后两年的随访访谈中，研究对象被问及他们认为在最近两次复发中开始和停止饮酒的主要原因是什么。研究对象的回答表明，人际因素和心理因素都被认为会影响复发，不同治疗组对复发的看法存在一些差异。研究对象报告了多种导致他们停止饮酒的因素，其中预期负面后果是最常报告的原因。各治疗组在对复发终止的归因方面没有差异。研究结果被解释为通过显示配偶和其他家庭成员在研究对象对复发及其终止的归因中的重要性，复制并扩展了先前关于酗酒者复发的研究。
