Abstract:
The purpose of this descriptive research were to study alcohol consumption behavior of alcohol dependence with psychiatric comorbidity and relationships between age of onset, family history of drinking, types of psychiatric comorbidity, coping, motivation of quitting drinking, beliefs associated with alcohol drinking and social support with alcohol consumption behavior of alcohol dependence with psychiatric comorbidity. The subjects were a total of 168 patients, who were receiving service at the Out Patients Department of Bangkok Metropolitan Hospitals. The research instruments were the Personal Data Record, the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, Coping Inventory, Motivation of Quitting Drinking Assessment, Beliefs associated with Alcohol Drinking Assessment and Social Support Assessment. The instruments were tested for content validity by panel expert, and the reliability of these instruments were .92, .83, .71, .72 and .92 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-Square and Pearsons product moment correlation. Major findings were as follow: 1. The level of alcohol consumption behavior in alcohol dependence with psychiatric comorbidity was at dependence drinking. 2. Age of onset, coping and social support were negative significantly correlated to alcohol consumption behavior in alcohol dependence with psychiatric comorbidity, at .05 level. 3. Family history of drinking and types of psychiatric comorbidity were significantly correlated to alcohol consumption behavior in alcohol dependence with psychiatric comorbidity, at .05 level. 4. Motivation of quitting drinking and beliefs associated with drinking were not correlated to alcohol consumption behavior in alcohol dependence with psychiatric comorbidity.