Historique
Périodique
Sensation seeking and endogenous deficit theory of drug abuse
Auteur(s) :
ZUCKERMAN, M.
Année
1986
Page(s) :
59-70
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
43
Domaine :
Drogues illicites
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ECHELLE D'EVALUATION
;
BIOCHIMIE
;
HORMONES
;
RECHERCHE DE SENSATION
;
PERSONNALITE
;
ENZYMES
;
NEUROTRANSMETTEURS
;
CERVEAU
Note générale :
NIDA Research Monograph, n°74, Neurobiology of behavioral control in drug abuse, 1986, p.59-70
Résumé :
The most frequent reasons given by users of many drugs, including marijuana, narcotics, and hallucinogens, were "to experience something new" or "curiosity". Thus, the primary motive given by the drug users themselves sounds like the trait we have called "sensation seeking." More important, sensation seeking has been shown to be the personality trait that is most consistently and highly related to most types of drug use and is most highly discriminating in comparisons of drug abusers with control populations. Furthermore, sensation seeking is based on a psychobiological theory that offers a psychopharmacological model for the biological basis of the trait. Together with traits like extraversion and impulsivity, sensation seeking has been related to the enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO), which points to the role of central monoamine systems in the trait. MAO, in turn, has been related to drug use and other risk-taking activities. All these topics will be addressed in more detail in this paper. (Extract of the document)
Affiliation :
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA