Complicated Grief among Alcohol Users and Drug Users

Abstract

The present study was conducted to find the relationship between complicated grief, alcohol use and drug use. The sample consisted of 100 individuals residing in all parts of India. The tools used for this study were Inventory of complicated grief, Alcohol use disorder identification test and Drug abuse screening test. Correlation was employed to evaluate the relationship between complicated grief and alcohol use and complicated grief and drug use and t-test was employed to evaluate the difference between alcohol use and drug use among males and females. In the present study, Spearman Correlation, Independent sample t-test were performed. A non-experimental correlational design with a quantitative approach was used in this study. The findings indicated that there was a positive correlation between complicated grief and alcohol use and a positive correlation between complicated grief and drug use. The findings also indicated that there was no difference in alcohol use and drug use among males and females.