Grubisić-Ilić M, Ljubin T, Kozarić-Kovacić D
Department of Psychiatry, Alcoholism, and other Addictions, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital, Zagreb.
Croat Med J. 1998 Mar;39(1):49-53.
To investigate the basic personality dimensions of the wives of alcoholics in comparison to the wives of non-alcoholics, and to compare these two groups according to psychiatric treatment frequency.
The group of alcoholics' wives (N=100) was compared to a group of non-alcoholics' wives (N=90). The groups were identical with respect to their age, working and marital status. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was used for measuring the main personality dimensions. A structured psychiatric interview based on ICD-10 and DSM-III-R, and self-assessment of behavior before marriage (extraverted vs. introverted) were also used.
The wives of alcoholics were less extraverted than the wives of non-alcoholics. There were no differences in neuroticism and psychoticism. According to the self-assessment of their behavior before marriage, wives of alcoholics also manifested less extraverted behavior before marriage. The wives of alcoholics were psychiatrically treated more often during their marriage than the wives of non-alcoholics. Moreover, the group of the wives of non-alcoholics had fewer psychiatric treatments during than before marriage.
The wives of alcoholics were less extraverted than the wives of non-alcoholics, but they did not differ in two other main personality dimensions, neuroticism and psychoticism. More psychiatric treatments during marriage of the wives of alcoholics can be interpreted in accordance with the "stressed wife" theory.
调查酗酒者的妻子与非酗酒者的妻子在基本人格维度方面的差异，并根据精神科治疗频率对这两组进行比较。
将酗酒者的妻子组（N = 100）与非酗酒者的妻子组（N = 90）进行比较。两组在年龄、工作和婚姻状况方面相同。使用艾森克人格问卷来测量主要人格维度。还采用了基于国际疾病分类第10版（ICD - 10）和精神疾病诊断与统计手册第3版修订版（DSM - III - R）的结构化精神科访谈，以及婚前行为的自我评估（外向型与内向型）。
酗酒者的妻子比非酗酒者的妻子更不外向。在神经质和精神质方面没有差异。根据她们对婚前行为的自我评估，酗酒者的妻子在婚前也表现出较少的外向行为。酗酒者的妻子在婚姻期间接受精神科治疗的频率比非酗酒者的妻子更高。此外，非酗酒者的妻子组在婚后接受精神科治疗的次数比婚前少。
酗酒者的妻子比非酗酒者的妻子更不外向，但在另外两个主要人格维度，即神经质和精神质方面没有差异。酗酒者的妻子在婚姻期间接受更多精神科治疗可以根据“压力大的妻子”理论来解释。
