Taking responsibility for the husband and control his behavior also reduced self-esteem and the types of aggression and feeling guilty by the wives of alcoholics

Abstract

The purpose of the article was to describe the concept and the most important mechanisms of co-alcoholism. Not less important was to present the results of research on the relationship between the alcoholic wife's taking responsibility for the feelings and actions of the husband, controlling his behavior, the reduced sense of self-worth and the presence of symptoms of aggressiveness and guilt. The research carried out among the 80 wives of the alcoholics showed the majority of their average level of responsibility for the feelings and actions of their spouse and control of their behavior, as well as a high level of guilt. The research has shown that the higher the level of assumption of responsibility for a spouse and the control of his or her behavior, the lower self-esteem and higher aggressiveness manifested in verbal aggression, suspicion, injury, irritability.