title: Coping styles of type I and type II alcohol-dependent men undergoing treatment.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways by which individuals with alcohol dependence, who were subgrouped into type I and type II according to the typology criteria of von Knorring et al, (J. Study Alcohol. 1987;48:523-527), cope with life events. One hundred male alcohol-dependent individuals participating in a therapeutic program composed the study sample. Of the 100, 61 subjects were categorized as type I and 39 subjects as type II. Coping styles were measured using a self-administered questionnaire that includes 8 subscales of coping styles. The type II subgroup scored significantly lower on the suppression subscale and significantly higher on the replacement, mapping, and substitution subscales as compared with the type I subgroup, of which the latter difference was at a tendency level. As regards the remaining 4 coping style subscales, minimization, help seeking, blame, and reversal, no significant differences were found between the 2 patient subgroups. The differences found may be taken into account in the development of therapeutic programs for the 2 subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Unit of Alcoholic Patients, Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Dafni 12462, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moussas
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dandouti
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botsis
authors.forename: Lefteris
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lykouras
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000145:classification*; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010551:Personality; D013694:Temperament