Smisao života i osobine ličnosti u odraslih alkoholičara

The study explores the concept of meaning in life among adult alcoholics and individuals from the general population, as well as its relationship with personality traits based on the Big Five model. Clinical and non-clinical samples have been compared to the construct of meaning in life. After examining the relationship between meaning in life and personality traits, we analyzed the contribution of personality traits in explaining the meaning in life for both groups. The clinical sample consisted of 76 treated alcoholics from the alcoholism ward of a psychiatric hospital in Zagreb, while the non-clinical sample consisted of 77 participants. The following questionnaires were applied: Purpose in Life Test, IPIP – 100, and a questionnaire on general data created exclusively for the purpose of this research. The results have shown significant differences in experience regarding meaning in life between the clinical and non-clinical sample, as individuals from the general population consider their life to be more meaningful. Furthermore, meaning in life had a significant positive relationship to extraversion, agreeableness, openness and conscientiousness and significant negative to neuroticism, in both groups. Extraversion and conscientiousness in the explanation of meaning in life were significant predictors in the general population, while extraversion and neuroticism were significant predictors among adult alcoholics, with neuroticism as a negative predictor. The results of this study, apart from new scientific findings, could contribute to the development of practical interventions and improvements in the treatment of persons with alcohol addiction.U radu je istraživan konstrukt smisla života ovisnika o alkoholu i osoba iz opće populacije, te njegova povezanost s osobinama ličnosti iz petofaktorskog modela. Uspoređeni su klinički i neklinički uzorak na konstruktu smisla života. Nakon ispitivanja povezanosti smisla života i osobina ličnosti iz petofaktorskog modela, ispitan je i doprinos osobina ličnosti u objašnjenju smisla života za obje skupine. Klinički uzorak činilo je 76 liječenih alkoholičara s odjela za alkoholizam jedne psihijatrijske bolnice u Zagrebu, dok se neklinički uzorak sastojao od 77 osoba iz opće populacije. Primijenjeni su upitnici Skala smisla života, Upitnik ličnosti IPIP - 100 i upitnik o općim podatcima konstruiran za potrebe ovog istraživanja. Rezultati su pokazali značajne razlike u doživljaju smisla života između kliničkog i nekliničkog uzorka, to jest osobe iz opće populacije svoj život doživljavaju smislenijim. Smisao života značajno je pozitivno povezan s ekstraverzijom, ugodnosti, otvorenosti i savjesnosti, a značajno negativno s neuroticizmom, i to kod obje skupine. Kao značajni prediktori u objašnjenju smisla života pokazali su se ekstraverzija i savjesnost kod osoba iz opće populacije, te ekstraverzija i neuroticizam kod ovisnika o alkoholu, s time da je neuroticizam imao negativni predznak. Rezultati ovog istraživanja, osim novih znanstvenih saznanja, mogli bi doprinjeti razvoju praktičnih intervencija i poboljšanju tretmana alkoholičara