Personality as a Correlate of Adjustment Problems among Alcoholics

Alcohol consumption is the world's a risk factor for disease and disability. Haryana has the highest per capita consumption in the country. Alcoholism is a severe and chronic disease which brings entire series of negative effects, both in physical and the mental health of a patient. Substance use has been a research topic of interest to many researchers in different areas. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits with adjustment among 150 adult alcoholics in drug-de addiction center in Haryana state, India by using incidental sampling technique. Adult alcoholics answered the NEO questionnaire (Costa & McCrae, 1992) and The Bell Adjustment Inventory (adapted in Hindi by Hussain's, 1969). The data were subjected to Pearson's Product Moment method of correlation and Regression analysis. The result explains that adjustment significantly associated with Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. The results of stepwise regression showed that personality jointly accounts for 48% of the variance (R2=48) in alcoholic's Adjustment problems. Adjustment problems among alcoholics i.e. Neuroticism (N) accounts for 41% and Extraversion (E) accounts for 7% of variance in adjustment problems significant at .01 level of probability. Results show that personality is the significant predictors of Adjustment.