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Volume 19, Issue 2 (Suppl)

Int J Emerg Ment Health, an open access journal

ISSN: 1522-4821

Mental Health 2017

June 21-23, 2017

Mental Health and Human Resilience

June 21-23, 2017 London, UK

International Conference on

Int J Emerg Ment Health 2017, 19:2(Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C1-009

Resilience among wives of alcohol-dependent men in rural southern India: A comparative study

Joseph G M, Goud B R

and

Johnson P

St. John’s Medical College, India

Statement of the Problem:

Resilience is a process of adapting well in the face of an adversity and has been studied among victims

of disasters/natural calamities, people living with HIV and cancer survivors. Literature lacks evidence on resilience among wives of

alcohol-dependent men. This study was undertaken with an objective of comparing the resilience and marital quality of life in wives

of alcohol-dependent men and wives of non-alcohol-dependent men.

Methodology & Theoretical Orientation:

This was a comparative, cross-sectional study undertaken in a rural area of Bangalore

district, southern India. The study subjects were randomly selected and included married women living with their husbands who

were screened for psychiatric illness. They were studied in two groups namely those living with alcoholic-dependent men and those

living with non-alcohol-dependent men (50 in each group). Assessment of resilience by resilience scale for adults and marital quality

by marital quality scale was done.

Findings:

The study found that resilience in wives of alcohol-dependent men [188 (IQR: 172-202)] was less as compared to wives

of non-alcohol-dependent men [196 (IQR: 166-210)]. Similarly the quality of marital life among wives of alcohol-dependent men

(105±8.4) was poor as compared to wives of non-alcohol-dependent men (99.1±13.5).

Conclusion & Significance:

Though not significant, resilience in wives of alcohol-dependent men was lower than that in wives of

non-alcohol-dependent men. Marital quality of wives of alcohol-dependent men, were significantly lower than that of wives of non-

alcohol-dependent men. Similar studies can be undertaken in various settings to gain insight with reference to resilience among wives

of alcohol-dependent men, with the objective of developing interventions targeting them.t