Situational assessment of alcohol-related coping skills in wives of alcoholics.

A situation-specific inventory (the Spouse Situation Inventory) of problems encountered by wives of alcoholics was developed to measure alcohol-related coping skills in this population. The inventory was administered to 45 middle-aged wives of alcoholics. Generalizability analysis indicated that most of the variance in performance was accounted for by cross-situational differences among Ss. Alanon-experienced Ss scored significantly higher than those with little or no Alanon experience. Situational assessment of alcohol-related coping skills shows promise as a refined method for identifying specific skill deficits in wives of alcoholics. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)