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Objectives: This study examines if the programs conducted toward the domestic alcoholics have lowered the risk factors and protective factors. Methods: To prove the effectiveness of group programs for adult alcoholism, we performed meta-analysis of the researches in academic journals in Korea and master and doctoral theses published from 1998 to 2015 in Korea. A total of 30 essays including 19 theses and 11 essays in academic journals, which adopted the pretest and posttest experimental design, were selected for the study's meta-analysis. Results: The average effect size of the program for alcoholism on the protective factor was 0.645(95% CI 0.574~0.717) and the effect size on the risk factor was 0.811(95% CI 0.695~0.927), showing that the program for alcoholism affected the protective and risk factor. The effect size on the protective factor was the biggest when Motivational Interviewing (MI) was adopted in these conditions: targeted at male, in local communities, for the purpose of treatment, a group of 11~15 people, 11~16 sessions, once a week, more than 13 weeks, and 60~80 minutes. The effect size on the risk factor was the biggest in these conditions : targeted at mixed gender, a group of less than 10 people, music as application theory. Conclusion: This study is the first meta-analysis that analyzed the difference in the effect size depending on the target characteristics, management characteristics, and application theory after examining the researches on verifying the effectiveness of the programs for alcoholism and categorizing the dependent variables as protective and risk factor.