Interpersonal Values of Hospitalized Alcoholic Psychiatric Patients

Abstract

Value structures of 39 hospitalized psychiatric patients manifesting alcoholism were compared with those of 29 hospitalized psychiatric patients without alcoholism on the Survey of Interpersonal Values. Both groups, perhaps because of their institutionalization, had their highest scores on a scale probing “Conformity.” The alcoholic group had significantly low scores on “Leadership” which was indicative of not placing value on power, authority, and leadership. A trend was also noted for the alcoholic group to be less sociable than the psychiatric group. The groups did not differ significantly on scales labeled “Support”, “Conformity”, “Recognition”, and “Benevolence.”