Differences between employed and unemployed alcoholic inpatients in trouble for drinking and denial.
The Trouble-Due-to-Drinking scale and the Denial scale of the MMPI were administered to two groups of inpatients of low socioeconomic status, an employed group (27 men, 3 women) and an unemployed one (44 men, 12 women), at a state alcoholism facility in an inner city catchment area. The former were significantly older than the latter; Ms = 40.4 and 35.5 yr., respectively. The Trouble scale correctly identified 98% of the unemployed group but only 83% of the employed group. The unemployed scored significantly higher on MMPI Denial and significantly lower on the Trouble scale than the unemployed. The Pearson r between scores on the two measures was negative and significant for the combined sample and for the unemployed as well, whereas r for the unemployed was negative but nonsignificant. It was concluded that the unemployed group was less given to the use of denial and had encountered more alcohol-related problems than the employed group.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment