A Study of the Self-Concept Evaluations of Alcoholics and Non-Alcoholics

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in self-concept between alcoholic and non-alcoholic adults in each of the following areas: physical self, moral-ethical self, personal self, family self, social self, and self-criticism as measured by the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS).

The TSCS and the Self-Multi-Attitude Test were administered to forty-six alcoholics from the Rehabilitation Centre of the Alcoholism Commission and fifty-nine non-alcoholic employees from government corporations. The Self-Multi-Attitude Test was administered as an additional verification of the sample grouping.

A t test was used to assess differences between means obtained by the alcoholics and non-alcoholics on each of the sub-tests of the TSCS.

The findings of the study supported the hypotheses that there are significant differences between the means obtained by alcoholics and non-alcoholics on all the sub-tests of the TSCS, with the exception of the self-criticism sub-test.

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