International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 5

The Effectiveness of the Psychological Intervention on Alcohol Dependents quality of life

  • Author:
  • Rajeev Kumar, Sunil Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 17
  • Page Number: 349 to 365

Phd Scholar, Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla, Himchal Pradesh, India

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

Alcoholism is a complex illness involving psychological, medical, social, cultural and religious sphere of influence, now is a fast growing public health problem in India. In the present study an attempt has been made To see the effectiveness of the psychological intervention on alcohol dependents quality of life. This pre-test and post-test study include 42 participants(alcohol dependents) age range 25–35 were screened on Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test and their overall quality of life were assessed on WHOQOL-BREF. After that 21 each in the experimental and control group were selected randomly and statistical analysis ancova was applied. Finding indicated the significant improvement on the alcohol dependence usage of the participants and overall quality of life of the experimental group than the control group after the intervention.

Keywords

Psychological intervention, Alcohol Dependents, Quality of life