PERCEPTION OF PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION AND SELF-CONCEPT OF ALCOHOLICS

Abstract

The goal of the research was to determine the relationships between different aspects of self-concept of alcoholics and the perceived parental acceptance and rejection. The research was conducted on the sample consisting of 40 alcoholics in Psychiatric hospital in Sokolac. The control group was made of 40 respondents from general population without the diagnosis of psychiatric disorder. Used instruments: Bezinović's scale of self-concept, PAR-Q Questionnaire of parental acceptance/rejection. The results have shown that alcoholics have significantly higher level of perceived personal incompetence, loneliness, fear of negative evaluation of their environment and external orientation, and lower level of self-respect and general satisfaction compared to the group of nonclinical population. In addition, the group of alcoholics has significantly higher level of perceived Index of mother rejection and perceived Index of father rejection. Positive correlation of the perception of personal incompetence of alcoholics with the Index of mother acceptance/rejection was determined. It was shown that experiences in the family and parental acceptance/rejection influence alcoholics self-understanding.