Mental health among alcohol abusers

Pages: 1216-1218
Mohd Shoiab Mir and R. Sankar (Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu)

Mental health is defined as a state of well being in which people realizes their own potential, can cope with the every day’s normal stresses and work productively as well as fruitfully and is able to make contribution to her or his community. The purpose of the present paper is to assess the level of mental health among alcohol abusers. The present study consisted the sample of 60 subjects which were equally divided into three groups on the basis of age (15-25 years & 25-35 years), occupation (employed & unemployed) and duration of intake (1-3 years & 3-5 years). Mental Health Inventory designed and developed by Viel and Ware (1983) was used for data collection. Mean, SD, t-test and correlation were applied for statistical analysis. Results indicate that there is significant difference between the mean scores of 15-25 and 25-35 years old alcohol abusers. Similarly there is a significant difference found between the mean scores of employed and unemployed alcohol abusers. Further there is a significant difference found between the mean scores of alcohol abusers with alcohol intake duration 1-3 and above 3-5 years. And there is a significant relationship between mental health, age, occupation and duration of intake. On the basis of the findings in the present study we may conclude that age, occupation and duration of intake are influential factors in mental health.