Gratitude and Family Relations among the People Recovering from Alcohol Dependence: The Mediating Role of Forgiveness

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Page: 1664-1669

Ekta Rani and Taruna Gera (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana)

DSM-5 classifies alcohol dependence as Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) characterizing a problematic pattern of alcohol use that causes clinically severe distress or impairment. The concept of “recovery” has been highly assessed in relation to alcohol and other substance use disorders (Inanlou et al., 2020). The emergence of positive psychology has brought paradigm shift in the field of psychology. Exponential increase in research base is evidence of the efficacy of positive psychology interventions in various domains. Extending to addiction treatment positive psychology explains recovery as progressing towards positive adaptations in life, from dysfunctional behaviours to meaningful positive experiences resulting in a positive life (Krentzman, 2013). With the sample of 150 (N=150) young adults in the age bracket of 20-44 years, the present study hypothesized to gauge the relationship between gratitude, forgiveness and family relations among the people recovering from alcohol. The findings of the present research study using standardized psychometric tools established gratitude and forgiveness as significant predictor of family relations. The study documented forgiveness to have significant mediating role.