SEMANTICS OF ADDICTIVE REPRESENTATIONS IN PATIENTS UNDER ALCOHOLISM

The research of representations and experiences, connected with the si tuations of abstinence and intoxication in patients under alcoholism h as been made with technique of ''Role Construct Repertory Test''. Pecu liarities of interposition of the elements designating the situations, and the constructs, related to the emotional experiences, in individu al semantic space of the patients were revealed. The mechanisms of psy chotherapeutic correction of addictive representations, explaining the psychological nature of getting into dependence from the alcohol have been considered.