남자 알코올의존 환자들의 사회지향성과 집단주의적 성향에 대한 단면적 연구

The Cross Sectional Study of Sociotropy and Collectivistic Tendencies of Male Patients with Alcohol Dependence

Objectives：Previous studies reported that patients with alcohol dependence had low self-esteem, which affect interpersonal relationship. The purpose of this study was to investigate the col-lectivistic and sociotropic tendencies of male patients with alcohol dependence (AD) and it’s relations to self-esteem. Method：The subjects, all male in gender, were 91 patients who met DSM-IV criteria for AD and 97 normal controls. We administered a questionnaire for demographic data, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES), Personal Style Inventory-II (PSI-II) for sociotropy-au-tonomy and Individualism-Collectivism (INDCOL). Results： AD patients were lower in education level and more in unmarried status than normal control group (p<0.001, p=0.002, respectively). Self-esteem score was lower in AD patients than in normal controls (t=-9.484, p<0.001). Scores of sociotropy and auton-omy subscale of PSI-II were higher in AD patients (t=3.454；p<0.001, t=3.454；p=0.001, respectively). Self-esteem of AD patients had negative correlations with sociotropy (r=-0.229, p<0.01) and autonomy (r=-0.294, p<0.01) of PSI-II. There was no significant difference in the INDCOL score between two groups. Conclusion：Our study findings show a mixed presentation of heightened sociotropy and autonomy of AD patients. From these findings we suggest that patients with AD may overly in-vest in interpersonal relations as a source of their self-esteem on one hand, and in maintaining a sense of separatedness and independence from others on the other hand.