| The Study on Stress, Social Support, Codependency, and Health Status of the Families of Alcoholic Patients |
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Sun Young Jung |
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Department of Nursing Catholic Hospital of Daegu |
| 알코올 중독자 가족의 스트레스, 사회적 지지, 공동의존 및 건강상태 |
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정선영 |
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대구가톨릭대학병원 정신과병동 간호사 |
Correspondence:
Sun Young Jung, Tel: +82-53-588-7013, Fax: +82-53-623-7507,
Email: joungl004@daum.net
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Received: 4 October 2005 • Accepted: 20 December 2005 |
| Abstract |
Purpose
This study was to investigate the relation among stress, social support, codependency, and health status of the families of alcoholic patients.
Methods
The subjects of this study consisted of 209 persons who were the families of alcoholic patients in D city. The data were collected through self-reported questionnaires from July 1st to August 31th, 2003. The instruments for research study were general characteristics, Son(1998)*s scale in stress, Park(1985)'s scale in social support, Jo & Kim(2001)'s scale in codependency, and Nam(1966)’s scale in health status. Data were analyzed by SAS program with t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation.
Results
Degree of stress showed significantly positive correlation with codependency and health status. Degree of stress showed significantly negative correlation with social support.
Conclusion
The results of this study suggest that there is a need to develope programs to promote health status in the families of alcoholic patients considering stress, social support, and codependency. |
| Key Words:
The families of alcoholic patients; Stress; Social support; Codependency; Health status |
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