Drunkenness-associated changes in the self-depictions of female alcoholics.
The sober self-, drunk self-, and ideal self-depictions of 144 female alcoholic outpatients were obtained by means of the Q-technique. Subjects' drunk self-depictions were found to be very different from their sober self-depictions. Contrary to conventional presumptions, the composite effect of these drunkenness-associated changes was to increase the already appreciable discrepancy that existed between subjects' sober self- and ideal self-depictions. Of six interpretable dimensions of sober self-dissatisfaction obtained from the present data--(1) Subjective Distress, (2) Arrogance, (3) Impracticality, (4) Negative Self-Regard, (5) Lack of Interpersonal Forthcomingness, and (6) Anomic Depression--subjects' drunk self-depictions evidenced an increase in self-dissatisfaction on all but the first.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D011779:Q-Sort; D012649:Self Concept