Perceived social support among alcoholics under first treatment and alcoholics under relapse

Abstract

Alcohol is used as social lubricant and relaxation facilitator, which provides pharmacological pleasure but when the same alcohol is misused, it turns into an evil, which is sufficiently inflammable to burn the families, society and country. A social support group can provide the individual with positive feedback, and this can encourage certain behaviours. The present study was undertaken to assess the perceived social support among alcoholics under first treatment and alcoholics under relapse. The study adopted purposive sampling method. The sample consisted of 60 participants (Alcoholics under first treatment-30 and Alcoholics under relapse-30). The standardized tool Multi-dimensional scale of perceived social support developed by Nancy Dahlem, Sara Zimet, Gordon Farley, and Gregory Zimet was used for data collection. The data was analysed using Independent sample t-test. The findings of the study show that there is no significant difference in perceived social support between alcoholics under first treatment and alcoholics under relapse.