Comparison the level of sense of coherence and quality of life between Alcoholics Anonymous and drug abuse students
Marcin Wnuk

Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine whether abused subject and Alcoholics Anonymous differ in quality of life and sense of coherence. Additional aim was to verify if there is the relationships between involvement in 12-step Program, length of being in Alcoholics Anonymous, length of abstinence as well as between sense of coherence and quality of life. Method: The sample consisted of 93 participants of Alcoholics Anonymous from Poznań and 32 drug abused. The following tools were used: Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC), Cantrill Ladder, Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), scale regarding evaluation of contentment with particular domains of life, one-item scales regarding desire to life, passion of life and feeling of happiness in a few recent days and one-item scales regarding involvement in 12-step Program, length of being in Alcoholics Anonymous and length of abstinence. Results: Alcoholics Anonymous in comparison to drug abused subjects has higher desire to life, satisfaction with life, passion of life and feeling of happiness in a few recent days, lower feeling of hopelessness, manageability and meaningfulness. Involvement in 12-step Program was positively related to sense of coherence. Noticed relationships between sense of coherence and all global measures of quality of life including desire to life, feeling of hopelessness, passion of life, satisfaction with life and feeling of happiness in a few recent days. Additionally sense of coherence was related to thirteen from sixteen evaluating domains: marriage, area of life, family financial situation, friends, life achievements, perspective on the future, country situation, job or study, social situation, ways of spending free time, sex, children, moral rules of society