Objective: In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the relations between marriage compliance and temperament – character features in alcohol addicts and their spouses by comparing this group to the controls.
Method: 49 alcohol addict men and 48 healthy men have been recruited with their spouses; their evaluation has been made by using Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), and spouse marriage compliance scale.
Results: Alcohol addicts and their wives had worse marriage compliance, when compared with the controls. According to the results of TCI, novelty search subscale was significantly higher in alcohol addicts, whereas reward addiction subscale was significantly higher in the wives of alcohol addicts.
Conclusion: These results are important to understand the reasons why the marriage goes on, despite low marriage compliance and satisfaction. In order to be able to generalize these results, similar studies with larger sample sizes are needed.