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Alcoholic Personality

Alcoholism is a problem that ravishes this country. More and more people each day fall victim to this disorder. Alcoholism has caused pain to the alcoholic and to his or her family. A major cause of alcoholism corresponds to the personality of the abuser. It has also been used as a device to repress stress and reduce tension in their lives. In explanation of the phenomenon of alcoholism as a psychological construct, two distinct theories which apply are the personality theory and the tension reduction theory. Personality theory and the tension reduction theory illustrate the use of alcohol as a negative influence and conceptualizations about alcohol.
The procedures used to the analyze these concepts in relation to one another from a scientifically acceptable general principal is called a theory. Theory is a set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be ...

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