Mental changes in patients after voluntary alcoholism treatment from the point of view of Rogerian therapy

The research deals with patients dependent on alcohol (F 10.2) who were tre ated on a voluntary basis by psychotherapeutic and sociotherapeutic methods in 7 hospitals. For ethical, legal as well as professional reasons it was impossible to form a control group. Sixty six patients (28 women, 38 men) c ompleted the Regensburg inventory analysis of incongruities; its statistica l evaluation was done by SPSS. The aim of the research was to detect pesona lity changes in patients induced most probably by their hospital stay. As s tatistically significant (t-test, U-test, alpha adjustment, effect size), p ositive changes in the following personality variables were detected: the p atient's self-confidence (p < .001, ES = 1.11), favourable selfconcept incl uding the ability to tolerate and manage their inner ;incongruities (p < .0 01, ES = .48), an increase of self-congruent experiences (p < .001, ES = .4 5) and a decrease of insufficiency feelings (p < .001, ES = .40). The findi ngs are considered as preliminary and it is necessary to prove them by furt her research.