ORAL IMAGERY AND ALCOHOLISM

20 hospital patients with histories of heavy daily alcoholic consumption were matched on age, education, IQ, and diagnosis with 20 patients with no history of reliance on alcohol. Their Rorschach scores on a measure of orality were compared. As predicted, the alcoholics gave more oral dependent responses than the controls. Although total scores on oral sadism did not discriminate between groups, the alcoholic Ss gave more responses on 2 of the oral sadistic subcategories, burdens and overwhelming figures. The striking similarity of subcategory performance of this group to an earlier group of obese Israelis is discussed. (16 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.