Resumen

POMBO, Samuel; REIZINHO, Rute; ISMAIL, Fátima  y  CARDOSO, J. M. Neves. Denegação do alcoolismo nos subtipos I e II de Cloninger . Aná. Psicológica [online]. 2008, vol.26, n.1, pp.59-69. ISSN 0870-8231.

Alcoholization Denial defines the notion of the drinker refusal to acknowledge his pathological alcohol use or minimizing the relation between alcohol consumption and his psychological, organic and social problems. The Denial Rating Scale provides the therapist a toole to observe and quantify the clinical problem of denial. The aim of this study is to translate and validate the Denial Rating Scale to the portuguese language and to assess its relationship with Cloninger’s Type I and II. Interrater reliability and validity process showed adequated statistical coefficients, allowing the use of the instrument in a specialized alcoholism setting. Cloninger’s type II patients showed lower levels of alcoholism denial, when compared with type I.

Palabras clave : Alcoholism; denial; subtypes.

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