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Personality profile and drug of choice; a multivariate analysis using Cloninger's TCI on heroin addicts, alcoholics, and a random population group
(Traits de personnalité et choix du produit : analyse multivariée utilisant le Test de Cloninger (TCI) chez des héroïnomanes, des alcooliques et une population randomisée)
Auteur(s) :
LE BON O. ;
BASIAUX, P. ;
STREEL, E. ;
TECCO, J. ;
HANAK C. ;
HANSENNE M. ;
ANSSEAU, M. ;
PELC, I. ;
VERBANCK, P. ;
DUPONT, S.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
175-182
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
62
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
HEROINE
;
DEPENDANCE
;
PERSONNALITE
;
FACTEUR DE VULNERABILITE
;
COHORTE
;
COMPARAISON
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2004, 73, (2), 175-182
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
As personality may predispose, precipitate or perpetuate substance abuse and/or dependence, and as it is considered to remain stable across the years in a given subject, potential links with the drug of choice may help screen future patients before drug consumption. The present study compared three groups: 42 patients with heroin dependence (mean age: 31.2; standard deviation (SD): 5.5; 10 females), 37 patients with alcohol dependence (mean age 44.2; SD: 9.1; 9 females) and 83 subjects from a random population sample (mean age: 38.8; SD: 6.9; 20 females). Personality was measured by Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Pillai's MANCOVA with age as a covariate and gender as a cofactor was highly significant. Univariate ANOVA analyses using TCI dimensions as dependent variable showed most variables to vary in parallel for the two patient groups in comparison with controls. Post-hoc tests showed heroin patients to score higher in Novelty-Seeking and Self-Directedness than alcohol patients. Sub-dimensions Exploratory Excitability, Fear of the Uncertain, Responsibility, Congruent Second Nature and Transpersonal Identification were also significantly different in the two patient samples. Logistic regression showed Exploratory Excitability to segregate up to 76% of heroin patients from alcohol patients. In conclusion, personality profiles were linked to some preferential choice of drug and personality screening might be tested in preventive strategies. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
CHU Brugmann, Polyclin. Psychiatr., PI. Van Gehuchten 4, 1020 Brussels
Belgique. Belgium.
Belgique. Belgium.