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Interpersonal Patterns in Alcoholic Marriages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. B. Rae  and
J. Drewery
J. B. Rae
Affiliation:
Bangour Village Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland
J. Drewery
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Research, Crichton Royal, Dumfries
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In a previous study (Drewery and Rae, 1969), using the Interpersonal Perception Technique (I.P.T.) (Drewery, 1969), it was found that while the husbands and wives of the non-patient marriages had a clear concept of masculinity which they shared, the partners in the alcoholic marriages lacked this consensus; they were confused about the male socio-sexual role, and this confusion expressed itself in a conflictful interplay of dependence and independence needs. The conclusions then reported were applied to alcoholic marriages as if they formed a homogeneous group. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that when alcoholic marriages are dichotomized in terms of the wives' Pd characteristics, two qualitatively and quantitatively distinct marital patterns would be revealed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 559 , June 1972 , pp. 615 - 621
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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