Various factors impacting marital compatibility in alcohol dependent patients

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Divyangana Yadav, Vikas Sharma, and Manpreet Ola (Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gurugram, Haryana)

One of the most common disorders which we can see is the addiction of substances; here we would be taking in account the alcohol dependent patients. When a patient is addicted to a particular substance in this case alcohol, a combination of factors play an important role in his/her life. His different aspects of life are affected in different ways which he/she has no clear idea. The paper will be focusing on anxiety, optimism and marital compatibility in alcohol dependent patients. During alcohol consumption or in the withdrawal phase a lot of patients feel anxiety which they don’t understand clearly as a result to overcome these symptoms they can relapse. It is optimism variable which helps them on their path to recovery. Marital compatibility is one of the most affected area, a lot of studies have been conducted on the spouses of the alcohol dependent patients but not many alcohol dependent patients. This study will try to bridge this gap and may be in the near future interventions and programmes can be designed on the results obtained.