Substance abuse patterns reveal contrasting personal traits

Rosenthal, Ted L.; Edwards, Neil B.; Ackerman, Bette J.; Knott, David; Rosenthal, Renate H.

doi:10.1016/s0899-3289(05)80060-4

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“…It was also found that Psychoticism was 2.3 times higher in substance users than control but Neuroticism was only 1.7 times higher. Almost similar results were found in the studies done by Rosenthal et al 16 , Bobes et al 17 , King et al 18 .…”

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Personality Traits of Substance Users in Bangladesh

Roy

Morshed

Qusar

et al. 2011

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Univ J

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Abstract:Background: Drug taking behavior and drug dependence is a multi-factorial disorder. Personality is a very important determining factor of drug dependence. Objectives: To find out the possible relationship between personality traits and substance use disorders. Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional and case-control study conducted in the department of Psychiatry of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and Central Drug Addiction Treatment Center, Dhaka for a period of one year (January 2005 to December 2005). From five hundred respondents, 250 had the history of substance use disorders selected as case, and equal number were age, sex, habitat and economic background matched controls were taken. Personality traits of both cases and control were measured by applying Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Results: Mean ± SD psychoticism (8.42±3 vs 4.33±1.8), Neuroticism (11.89±2.3 vs 9.83±2) were significantly higher (P<0.01) in cases than controls. It was found that psychoticism was 2.3 times and neurticism was 1.7 times higher in substance users than that of controls. There were no significant differences of mean distribution of extroversion and lie scales among the cases & controls. This study also revealed that, there was no significant relationship between personality traits and different variables related to substance use except that psychoticism was significantly higher in those substance users who had have positive history of troubles with law than those having no history of trouble with law (8.82±3.2 & 7.95±2.7 respectively). Conclusion: Personality traits may have an influence on persons with substance use disorder which detoriates quality of life.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Personality Traits of Substance Users in Bangladesh

Roy

Morshed

Qusar

et al. 2011

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Univ J

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“…1 using indifference points as V. Because k values are nonnormally distributed, log transformations were used. To test the hypothesis that controls would have the lowest discounting rates and active alcoholics the highest, linear contrasts (Rosenthal and Rosnow 1984) were used, with weights of -1, 0, and 1 for controls, abstinent alcoholics, and active alcoholics, respectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Evidence suggests that substance abusers score higher than controls on personality inventories assessing impulsivity (Allen et al 1998;Chalmers et al 1993;Cookson 1994;Eisen et al 1992;McCormick et al 1987;Patton et al 1995;Rosenthal et al 1990;Sher and Trull 1994). However, impulsivity is a multidimensional construct (Gerbing et al 1987), and research has only begun to identify the types of impulsivity in substance abusers (Petry 2000b).…”

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confidence: 99%

Delay discounting of money and alcohol in actively using alcoholics, currently abstinent alcoholics, and controls

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“…Perhaps understanding of drug dependence may be improved by the scientific investigation of this impulsive behavior. However, other than noting that drug-dependent individuals exhibit what may be deemed impulsive behavior (Logue 1995), and that they score higher than controls on standardized measures of impulsivity (e.g., Alcock and Grace 1988;Rosenthal et al 1990), research has not yet rigorously identified the prevalence or the degree of impulsivity that may be evident in different types of drug-dependence disorders. Moreover, drug-dependent individuals may not be equally impulsive on all choices.…”

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confidence: 99%