Effects of a nonviolent communication ‐based training program for inpatient alcoholics in South Korea

This study aimed to evaluate a communication skills program based on nonviolent communication targeted on inpatient alcoholics at the alcoholics specialized ward.Design and MethodsThe sample for this mixed methods quasi-experimental study comprised 47 patients who were hospitalized in the alcoholic wards of two psychiatric hospitals in South Korea.FindingsThe program effectively improved participants' empathy, anger expression, communication competence, and alcohol abstinence self-efficacy (p <  .001).Practice implicationsThis program could be implemented in community-based alcoholic care with the aim of preventing relapse and serve as the basis for developing similar programs for family members.
Source: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research