World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF CO-DEPENDENCY AMONG WIVES OF ALCOHOLICS AT KALARAMPATTY VILLAGE

*Akila N. and Dr. Jeyalakshmi S.

ABSTRACT

Co-dependency is a psychological concept that describes an unhealthful bond that people may have with others who are closest to them. It is not a moral shortcoming or a psychological weakness that co-dependency and drinking are related. Instead, a certain perception and its related behaviors are the outcome of a collection of circumstances. The study's primary goal is to assess the extent of co-dependency among alcoholic’s wives. Research methodology: A descriptive research design was adopted in this study. During the data collection, 40 samples were drawn using by purposive sampling technique. The alcoholics were selected by the AUDIT scale, with the help of the scale wives of alcoholics were selected and co-dependency was assessed by the Friel Codependency scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Findings of the study: The results revealed that 2.5% of wives had mild co-dependency, 45% had moderate co-dependency, and 52.50% had severe co-dependency.

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