Casey J C, Griffin M L, Googins B K
Center on Work and Family, Boston University School of Social Work, Massachusetts 02215.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 1993;19(1):119-31. doi: 10.3109/00952999309002670.
The family has increasingly been recognized as an important component in the development, maintenance, and treatment of alcoholism. Few empirical studies, however, have examined alcoholism within a family context. Questionnaire and interview data were collected from women whose husbands received inpatient treatment for alcoholism. Since wives now typically work outside the home, this article focuses on the 60 employed wives. Employment was examined as a source of stress as well as social support. The majority of working wives reported minimal negative impact of their husbands' drinking on all areas of their work functioning, with a small subset indicating impairment attributable to the drinking. These wives were very satisfied with their current positions and described work as a positive experience. However, unobtrusive measures that alcoholism in a family member intrudes into the workplace were apparent, including changing jobs, absenteeism, and discussing husbands' drinking at work. Further, these women scored closer to a sample of depressed women than a community sample on measures of physical and mental health, depressed mood, and smoking symptoms. Possible reasons for the discrepancy between subjective reports and objective indicators are discussed.
家庭日益被视为酗酒发展、维持及治疗过程中的一个重要组成部分。然而，很少有实证研究在家庭背景下考察酗酒问题。我们从其丈夫接受酗酒住院治疗的女性那里收集了问卷和访谈数据。由于如今妻子通常在外工作，本文聚焦于60位有工作的妻子。就业被视为压力源以及社会支持来源进行了考察。大多数有工作的妻子报告称，丈夫饮酒对她们工作的各个方面产生的负面影响极小，只有一小部分表示饮酒造成了工作受损。这些妻子对她们目前的工作非常满意，并将工作描述为一种积极的体验。然而，家庭成员酗酒对工作场所的干扰措施很明显，包括换工作、旷工以及在工作中讨论丈夫的饮酒问题。此外，在身心健康、抑郁情绪和吸烟症状的测量方面，这些女性的得分更接近抑郁女性样本，而不是社区样本。文中讨论了主观报告与客观指标之间差异的可能原因。
