An explorative study to assess the psychosocial problems of wives of alcohol dependents in selected communities at Mangalore. Non-experimental exploratory descriptive research design was used for this study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the 100 samples. Data was gathered through demographic proforma and rating scale on psychosocial problems of wives of alcohol dependents. The study results revealed that majority (53%) of wives of alcohol dependents had moderate psychosocial problems, only 37% had mild psychosocial problems and 10% had severe psychosocial problems.
Psychosocial problems, wives of alcohol dependents, an explorative study, descriptive design
