Social Skills of Alcoholics

A Comparative Study

Authors

Flaviane Bevilaqua Felicissimo Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Juliana Aparecida dos Santos Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Laiz de Oliveira Fontoura Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Telmo Mota Ronzani Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Keywords:

Alcoholism, Social skills, Social Skill Inventory

Abstract

The present study aimed to compare the repertoire of social skills of alcoholics and non-alcoholics in order to
verify if a minor repertoire of social skills constitute a feature of this population. Interviews were carried out with 123 alcoholics and 114 users of health service patients with low or no consumption of alcohol. It were used a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and the Social Skill Inventory. The data were analyzed quantitatively and the results indicated a significant difference in repertoire of social skills, specifically with respect to the factor of self-control of aggressiveness, on which was demonstrated the worst performance. The results suggest that the evaluation of this feature should be considered in the treatment of alcoholism and associated with a therapeutic plan.