@article{ref1,
title="The personality of wives of alcoholic patients",
journal="Actas luso-espanolas de neurologia, psiquiatria y ciencias afines",
year="1990",
author="Avila Escribano, J. J. and Ledesma Jimeno, A.",
volume="18",
number="6",
pages="355-363",
abstract="This work is a study of the personality of the wives of alcoholic patients composed by means of a structures interview, the MMPI personality questionnaire and the Instrument I used to evaluate aggressivity. Among the discoveries made, we must emphasize that 20% of the wives knew of their partner's excessive alcohol consumption before marriage, while married, 75% were victims of some kind of violent incident, 43% had personal psychopathological backgrounds, 15% were &quot;repeaters wives&quot; &quot;those who had alcoholic parents). In the MMPI test, these women represent a significantly high profile, in which the scales Hs, D and Hy are the highest, amongst which their most outstanding personality traits include passivity, dependency and insecurity. Furthermore, those wives whose husbands have had relapses, represent a higher Pd scale than the other group. The Instrument I used to evaluate aggressivity also emphasizes this passive-aggressive tendency in the wives.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0300-5062",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}