The drug-user husband and his wife: attachment styles, family cohesion, and adaptability.
This study which assesses the association between the attachment styles of drug-user husbands (n = 56) and their wives (n = 56) and their perceptions of family dynamics was conducted in 1998. The population study included heroin (52.9%) and multidrug detoxified outpatients. All subjects completed the Adult Attachment Style Scale and the FACES III. Results indicated that the perceptions of family adaptability and cohesion among the drug-user husbands and their wives did not differ from the Israeli norm. Most of the drug users (60.7%) were characterized by the avoidant attachment style, followed by the secure style (26.8%), and the anxious/ambivalent style (12.5%). Half the wives (53.6%) were characterized by the secure style, followed by the avoidant style (42.9%) and the anxious/ambivalent style (3.6%). A secure style in husband and wife was associated with higher levels of family cohesion and adaptability, and the anxious/ambivalent style with a lower perception of family cohesion and adaptability. These findings have important implications for rehabilitation prospects and for planning intervention programs.
Finzi-Dottan
Ricky
R
School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. rikifnz@mail.biu.ac.il
Cohen
Orna
O
Iwaniec
Dorota
D
Sapir
Yaffa
Y
Weizman
Abraham
A
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family; D009769:Object Attachment; D012647:Self-Assessment; D018454:Spouses; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires