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Family Characteristics and the Outcome of Treatment for Alcoholism

Rudolf H. Moos, Evelyn Bromet, Vivien Tsu, Bernice Moos

SUMMARY. Families in which the alcoholic patient showed better treatment outcome were higher than the others in cohesion, active-recreational orientation and organization, and lower in conflict and control; they also experienced more positive and fewer negative life events, and reported fewer physical and emotional symptoms and disagreements.