Relationship between craving and personality in treatment-seeking women with substance-related disorders

Abstract

Background: Individual differences may impact susceptibility to addiction. The impact of personality features on drug craving, however, has not been studied, particularly in women.

Temperament and character traits associated with the use of alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, benzodiazepines, and hallucinogens: evidence from a large Brazilian web survey

“…3,4 A major theme in the field has been the association of personality and temperament traits with psychoactive substance use, abuse, and addiction. [5][6][7] The connection of personality and temperament traits with harmful patterns of drug use has been well documented. 5,6,8 In general terms, traits related to appetitive and unconstrained behavioral tendencies have been identified in the personality profile of subjects with harmful patterns of substance use and general externalizing problems.…”

“…[5][6][7] The connection of personality and temperament traits with harmful patterns of drug use has been well documented. 5,6,8 In general terms, traits related to appetitive and unconstrained behavioral tendencies have been identified in the personality profile of subjects with harmful patterns of substance use and general externalizing problems. [9][10][11][12] Among the constellation of traits related to appetitive and unconstrained dispositions, two have gained particular attention in the literature: novelty seeking (NS) 8 and sensation seeking (SS).…”

“…Most studies associating personality and temperament traits with harmful substance use have been conducted in casecontrol designs, in which the mean score in a specific trait (mostly NS and SS) is compared between two sample groups: one composed of heavy users of a single drug and the other composed of non-users/occasional users. 6,17 This approach does not allow simultaneous examination of personality/temperament trait profiles related to drug type (i.e., alcohol, cocaine, amphetamine) and to the degree of drug involvement (drug experimentation, occasional use, abuse, and dependence). Furthermore, the identification of personality traits associated with benzodiazepine and hallucinogen use has been poorly characterized.…”

Use of Mobile Phone Text Message and Personality among Japanese University Students

“…These include alcohol, caffeine, drugs, binge eating, starving, gambling, internet and games. Using the TCI, research showed that people with behavioural addiction such as alcohol [9][10][11], caffeine [12], smoking [12,13], substances [14], and gambling [15][16][17][18] were high in NS. Text message communications might be similar to these behavioural addictions in that the behaviour is a source of excitement.…”

Exploration des mécanismes potentiels sous-jacents aux troubles liés à l’utilisation d’une substance chez les personnes atteintes d’un trouble de la personnalité

“…Zilberman et coll. (Zilberman, Tavares et el-Guebaly, 2003) ont évalué une population de 95 femmes en traitement pour une dépendance à une substance et ont trouvé une corrélation positive significative entre l'impulsivité (score élevé au BIS-11), la recherche de nouveauté et le craving, pour toutes les substances confondues. Les substances problématiques majeures étaient l'alcool (63,1 %), la cocaïne (24,2 %), le cannabis (7,4 %), les opiacés (3,2 %) et o 2 les benzodiazépines (2,1 %) dans cet échantillon.…”