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Original Article

Submission and Rebellion: Excessive Drinking of Women in Problematic Heterosexual Partner Relationships

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Pages 901-917 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Functionality of alcohol use for coping with partner relationship problems was explored in a group of 45 alcohol-dependent women with semistructured interviews. Six functions were categorized, three of them referring to adjustment and three to opposition to the partner. Respondents who had started excessive drinking mainly in response to problems with the partner reported more partner-related functions than respondents for whom a problematic partner relationship was not an important factor in the development of excessive drinking. Respondents of the first group also reported other characteristics of their relationship, notably they said more often that their partner was dominant. It was concluded that for a subgroup of women with alcohol problems, alcohol use may be a way of coping with a situation of powerlessness toward the partner.

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