Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
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Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Anambra State, Nigeria

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  The Correlate of Personality Traits and Parenting Styles with Relapse in Alcohol amongst Treated Alcoholic Patients
  Author(s): Okoli Paul Chibuike*, Chime Peter Ekpunobi and Ozougwu Augustine Obumneme
  
  Background: Alcohol is gateway for other substance use and probably abuse. The alarming rate of relapse in alcohol is the basis for this present study. Aim: The study was designed to evaluate the correlations between personality traits and parenting styles with relapse among alcohol abusers. Setting: The study was carried out at the Neuro-Psychiatric clinic Emene, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria. Method: This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study of 50 relapse alcohol abusers/addicts comprised of 30 males and 20 females with the mean age of 22.48 and standard deviation of 4.05 on admission at clinic, using: The Big Five Inventory, Parental Care Scale and Mac-Andrew Alcoholism Scale (MAS). Survey design was used and correlational analysis was employed as the approp.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-6488.20.8.329

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