{"title":"Comparing Marital Adjustment in Couples Having Alcohol- or Opioid-dependent Husbands","authors":"Sayani Bisoi, Gauri Shanker Kaloiya, Anju Dhawan, Siddharth Sarkar","doi":"10.1177/02537176241253389","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background:Substance use disorder is a complex bio-psycho-social phenomenon affecting the intimate relationship of substance users with their wives. Marital adjustment may be affected due to the ongoing substance use involving the family unit.Aim:The present study aimed to compare marital adjustment between alcohol- or opioid-dependent patients and their spouses.Methods:The present cross-sectional observational study compared 25 dyads each of alcohol- and opioid-dependence syndrome taken from the outpatient department of an addiction treatment center in north India. Marital adjustment was compared using the Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (MAQ). Maudsley Addiction Profile and Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire were also applied to the patients, and Social Support Questionnaire was applied to both patients and spouses.Results:There was no significant difference in the sexual, social, and emotional domains and total MAQ scores between patients with alcohol- and opioid-dependence syndrome or their spouses. There was a significant positive correlation between the sexual domain score of MAQ of alcohol-dependent patients and their spouses ( r = 0.655, p < .001). The Maudsley Addiction Profile parameters, personality profile, and social support did not differ significantly across the two groups.Conclusion:Marital adjustment are probably equal in patients and spouses of alcohol and opioid dependence syndrome. A small sample size is a limitation of this study.","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176241253389","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHIATRY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background:Substance use disorder is a complex bio-psycho-social phenomenon affecting the intimate relationship of substance users with their wives. Marital adjustment may be affected due to the ongoing substance use involving the family unit.Aim:The present study aimed to compare marital adjustment between alcohol- or opioid-dependent patients and their spouses.Methods:The present cross-sectional observational study compared 25 dyads each of alcohol- and opioid-dependence syndrome taken from the outpatient department of an addiction treatment center in north India. Marital adjustment was compared using the Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (MAQ). Maudsley Addiction Profile and Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire were also applied to the patients, and Social Support Questionnaire was applied to both patients and spouses.Results:There was no significant difference in the sexual, social, and emotional domains and total MAQ scores between patients with alcohol- and opioid-dependence syndrome or their spouses. There was a significant positive correlation between the sexual domain score of MAQ of alcohol-dependent patients and their spouses ( r = 0.655, p < .001). The Maudsley Addiction Profile parameters, personality profile, and social support did not differ significantly across the two groups.Conclusion:Marital adjustment are probably equal in patients and spouses of alcohol and opioid dependence syndrome. A small sample size is a limitation of this study.
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The Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (ISSN 0253-7176) was started in 1978 as the official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society South Zonal Branch. The journal allows free access (Open Access) and is published Bimonthly. The Journal includes but is not limited to review articles, original research, opinions, and letters. The Editor and publisher accept no legal responsibility for any opinions, omissions or errors by the authors, nor do they approve of any product advertised within the journal.