| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the study is to compare the level of psychological variables among male and
female alcoholics beginning therapy. The following psychological variables was examined: stress
intensity, coping with stress strategies, expectations and convictions (a sense of self-worth and
efficacy, acceptance of illness, life satisfaction, optimism, health value), emotions variables
(control of anger, anxiety and depression and the level of anxiety as a state and trait). 109
alcohol dependent people participated in the study – 47 women and 62 men. There were a lot
of statistical differences between those two groups. These differences are associated with stress
intensity, strategies of coping with stress, a sense of self-worth and efficacy, illness acceptance,
depression and the level of anxiety as a trait. The observed differences can guide the treatment
of alcohol dependent woman. | pl_PL |
