title: [Sense of coherence in alcohol dependent males treated in departments of alcohol detoxication and rehabilitation--initial report].
abstract: The aim of this study was a comparison of the sense of coherence in the group of alcohol dependent male patients, with and without selecting psychosocial effects of alcoholism. The examined group consisted of 55 males treated in departments of alcohol detoxication and rehabilitation in Mental Hospital in Toszek. The SOC--29 scale by Antonovsky was used in order to estimate the sense of coherence and specific questionnaire was used to show selecting psychosocial effects of alcoholism. SOC level was significantly higher in the group of men without psychosocial consequences of alcohol dependence.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Oddział Kliniczny Psychiatrii w Tarnowskich Górach, SAM w Katowicach. magjac@mail.viamedica.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piegza
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jagoda
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meier-Suszka
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gorczyca
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Badura-Brzoza
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pudlo
authors.forename: Robert Teodor
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hese
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers