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Enhancing the self-esteem of inpatient alcoholics . This study examined the effect of pairing inpatient alcoholics with nursing home residents ( NHRs ) on the alcoholics ' self-esteem . In this PALS program , the alcoholic inpatients assumed a helping-companion relationship with the NHRs for 2 hr per day during their last 2 weeks of treatment . Fifty alcoholic inpatients were randomly assigned to the PALS program ( n = 25 ) or to the library for free reading time ( n = 25 ) . The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale ( TSCS ) was administered to all subjects in both groups before and after the interventions . Of the nine TSCS scales , the improvement on the Moral-Ethical scale was significantly greater in the PALS group . Because the alcoholic inpatients in the PALS group engaged in altruistic ( moral ) behavior , this study provides a logical link between the intervention and the outcome , which has been a prevalent weakness in previous studies of self-esteem in alcoholics .
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Intervention_Educational
nursing home residents ( NHRs )
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Intervention_Educational
PALS program
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Intervention_Other
library for free reading time
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Outcome_Mental
self-esteem
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Outcome_Mental
alcoholics ' self-esteem
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Outcome_Mental
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale ( TSCS )
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Outcome_Mental
TSCS scales
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Outcome_Mental
Moral-Ethical scale
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Outcome_Mental
altruistic ( moral ) behavior
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Participant_Condition
inpatient alcoholics .
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Participant_Condition
inpatient alcoholics with nursing home residents ( NHRs )
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Participant_Sample-size
Fifty alcoholic
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Participant_Condition
inpatients were randomly assigned to the PALS program ( n = 25 ) or to the library for free reading time ( n = 25 )