• GURUPRASAD T R

ABSTRACT Statement of the Problem: “A study to assess the level of coping and social support on domestic violence among wives of alcohol dependent persons in selected de-addiction center at Tumkur, district” Back ground: Alcohol abuse and alcohol related violence is a complex problem facing many communities. Alcohol abuse is a generic term which includes both alcoholism addictions to alcohol characterized by compulsive drinking and problem drinking a functional disability resulting from alcohol consumption. The problem of alcohol abuse is seen in both urban center including. Bangalore found that 20% of urban consumers of alcohol are totally dependent on it2 The researchers are on the behavior of the person with alcohol dependence. Gradually the realization has come in that it is the family particularly the spouse, who bears the brunt of husband’s alcoholism and who being caught up in pathology of alcoholics’ disease process may develop parallel emotional and behavioral problems shifted the focus of attention to the spouse. An association between alcohol abuse by the husband and spouse abuse or divorce has been noted in many studies one of the initial studies done by Gaylord reported that drinking accompanied 44% of cases of women abuse. The behavior of married alcoholic can cause so much disruption in his marital life that the reported association between alcoholism and divorce are not surprising. The divorce is not always the outcome in many cause wives tolerate and the degree of tolerance or acceptance of alcoholic`s aberrant behavior on the part of his wife may very widely depending on the culture and pattern of the society. This chapter described effect of alcoholism on the individual family and society3. The concept of co-dependence understand the experience of wives of persons with alcohol dependence their understanding of alcoholism of their husbands and the resulting violence. Violence against women is a subject which has been under study frequently in the last decade violence as the large scale gender based violence is being recognized. A number of factors have been identified as risk factors in domestic violence. One of the main risk factors identified has been the use of alcohol and drugs by husband. Domestic violence has been regularly linked with substance abuse, especially in studies where the addict is male. In the previous chapters different studies have been mentioned which have looked in to the experiences of wives of person s with alcohol dependence under different domains such as violence, coping marital dynamics and the burden experienced by them using different domains such as violence coping marital dynamics and the burden experienced by them using different scales. The various scale used are family violence scale coping with drinking questionnaire by social burden scale by and so on. But alcohol dependence in their own language they used makes reveal the word that they had seen in which they act as domestic violence. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:  To assess the level of coping on domestic violence among wives of alcohol dependent persons  To assess the level of social support on domestic violence among wives of alcohol dependent persons  To find out the association between coping with selected demographic variables of wives of alcohol dependent persons  To find out the association between social support with selected demographic variables of wives of alcohol dependent persons Conceptual Framework The study is based on general system theory this consists of three phase – Input, Process, and Output. In the present study, input refers to • Development of the tool. (Structured interview schedule with check list). The process / throughput refers to • The administration of Structured interview schedule with check list to assess level of coping and social support on domestic violence among wives of alcoholic dependent persons. . Methodology The design used to achieve the objectives of the study was non experimental. Explorative descriptive survey approach was adapted the data were collected adopting a convenience sampling technique. The sample consists of 90 wives of alcohol dependent persons. The tool used for the data collection were Structured interview schedule with check list to assess level of coping and social support on domestic violence The development tools involved the steps of preparing , items writing, content validation and reliability was established for all tools. The tools were found valid and reliable. The investigator collected the data from the subjects of the study by administering the Structured interview schedule with check list to assess level of coping and social support on domestic violence. The data collected, were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical test that included mean, percentage, range, standard deviation and chi-square to find out association between knowledge and selected demographic variables. Salient features of the Study The major findings of the study are summarized as follows: - Majority of wives of alcohol dependent persons 43.33% are between the age group of 41 to 50,. - 42.22% of wives of alcohol dependent persons are having education of high school - 73.33% of wives of alcohol dependent persons are from Hindu religion. - 66.67% of wives of alcohol dependent persons are House wife. - 63.33% of wives of alcohol dependent persons are from Nuclear family. - 42.22% of wives of alcohol dependent persons are from rural. - 71.11%) of wives of alcohol dependent persons are having family income per month of 5001to 10000. - Higher percentage of wives of alcohol dependent persons (44.44%) are of 1-3 years The findings of the study:  To assess the level of coping on domestic violence among wives of alcohol dependent persons In the present study during the pre-test the wives of alcohol dependent persons according to their level of coping depicts that the higher percentage of wives of alcohol dependent persons (80.00%) are of inadequate level of coping, and only (20.00%) are of adequate level of coping on domestic violence.  To assess the level of social support on domestic violence among wives of alcohol dependent persons In the present study during the pre-test of the wives of alcohol dependent persons according to their level of social support depicts that the higher percentage of wives of alcohol dependent persons (78.89%) are of inadequate level of social support,(16.67%) are of average level of social support and only (4.44%) are of adequate level of social support on domestic violence.  To find out the association between coping with selected demographic variables of wives of alcohol dependent persons It is evident from the present study that the Chi- Square value computed for the Age in years (2 =15.9,df=3) Occupation (2 =11.3, df =3) Family income per month(2 =15.7, df =2) with the level of coping is statistically significant which indicates that there is an association between the level of coping score and the demographic variables in relation to the level of coping on domestic violence among wives of alcohol dependent persons and rest of the demographic variables are not statistically significant with level of coping , such as Education for wife (2 =4.9,df=2), Religion (2 =0.73,df=2), Type of family (2 =0.37,df=1), Place of residence (2 =0.96,df=2) and Duration of husbands alcohol drinking from the fast years(2 =2.2,df=3).  To find out the association between social support with selected demographic variables of wives of alcohol dependent persons It is evident from the present study that the Chi- Square value computed for the Age in years (2 =9.6,df=3), Occupation (2 =11.3, df =3), Type of family (2 =9.3,df=1) Family income per month(2 =10.8, df =2) with the level of social support is statistically significant which indicates that there is an association between the level of social support score and the demographic variables in relation to the level of social support on domestic violence among wives of alcohol dependent persons and rest of the demographic variables are not statistically significant with level of coping , such as Education for wife (2 =2.6,df=2), Religion (2 =1.3,df=2), , Place of residence (2 =1.1,df=2) and Duration of husbands alcohol drinking from the fast years(2 =3.3,df=3). .

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS: Abbreviations Expansion CI - Class Interval Fig. - Figure H1 - Research hypothesis 1 H2 - Research hypothesis 2 N - Number of subject n - Sample size. NS - Not Significant No. - Number. Sl. No - Serial number. S - Significant χ2 - Chi square.  - Calculated Chi square value. % - Percentage. > - Greater than < - Lesser than r - Reliability

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF COPING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG WIVES OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENT PERSONS IN SELECTED DE-ADDICTION CENTER AT TUMKUR, DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.d26-d56, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311304.pdf

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF COPING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG WIVES OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENT PERSONS IN SELECTED DE-ADDICTION CENTER AT TUMKUR, DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppd26-d56, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311304.pdf