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Doświadczanie choroby alkoholowej w rodzinie (w ujęciu socjologicznym)
Experiencing alcoholism in the family (in sociological terms)

Author(s): Beata Lucyna Szluz
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: sociology of social problems; sociology of family; alcoholism; biographical method

Summary/Abstract: In order for a social worker to understand individuals with alcohol use disorders, the physical, emotional, psychological, historical, and social contexts of those individuals must also be examined. One of the most powerful and influential social contexts across a person’s lifespan is the family system-including the family of origin and the various family systems and subsystems that operate at any point in time. The family systems and family members may have a role to play in an individual’s recovery from alcohol problems, or may interfere with the process. On the other hand, the alcohol problems of one family member may lead to or co-occur with a distortion of family process, thereby increasing the risk of family breakdown, dysfunction, violence, or other problems leading to social work intervention. The article attempts to show and interpret the subjective experiences of a person in whom the biography has been entered into an alcohol disease.

  • Issue Year: 23/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 241-249
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish