THE expression of psychiatric symptoms among woman with addicted husbands

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Parvaneh Mohammadkhani ¹ , Ali Asgari ² , Setareh Ameneh Forouzan ³ , Fereshteh Momeni ⁴ , Baharak Delavar ⁵

1 - PhD University of Welfare and Rehabilitation
2 - PhD Tehran University
3 - PhD University of Welfare and Rehabilitation
4 - Psychologist
5 - Psychologist

Received: 2015-06-05 Accepted : 2015-06-05 Published : 2010-03-21

Keywords: Addiction, psychiatric symptoms, wives, profile analysis,

Abstract :

Drug addiction in husbands can lead to psychological problems among their wives. The present research compared psychiatric symptoms in wives of addicted men with the wives of non-addicts. One hundred eighty six females whose husbands had addiction problems and were visiting a professional help center in Tehran, and 173 of their female relatives whose husbands did not have addiction problems completed the Brief Symptoms Inventory (Derogatis & Clearly, 1977). Results of profile analysis demonstrated that the women with addicted husbands had significantly higher scores in all psychiatric symptoms. Results were discussed based on marital difficulties and misbehaviors of addicted husbands.