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Self-Reported Coping Behavior of Wives of Alcoholics and its Association with Drinking Outcome

Jim Orford, Sally Guthrie, Peter Nicholls, Edna Oppenheimer, Stella Egert, Celia Hensman

SUMMARY. The frequency of the use of coping behavior by wives of alcoholics was found to be related to their husband’s drinking outcome. In general, a high frequency of coping behavior was associated with a poor outcome, but some components of coping behavior were more likely than others to be linked with a poor prognosis.