Self-evaluation, role satisfaction and anxiety in the woman alcoholic.

Compared with a matched group of 100 controls, 100 alcoholic women were found to have a significantly poorer self-concept, to view themselves as less personally competent, to experience greater anxiety, and to be less satisfied with themselves. The alcoholic and nonalcoholic women had similar concepts of other men and women and shared similar views of the roles of women in comtemporary society. The need for research comparing alcoholic women with matched female controls was stressed.