Locus of control and alcoholism

Pages: 731-734
Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer, Hisar, Haryana, India)

Alcoholism has been described as a chronic behavior disorder, manifested by the repeated drinking of alcoholic beverages in excess of the dietary and social uses of community and which interferes with the drinker’s health or his social and economic functioning (WHO,1952). Drinking is related with many psychological, emotional and behavioral problems, and various psychological factors have been identified that are related with alcoholism. The current paper reviews how locus of control is linked drinking.