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Drug preference, reported drug experience and stimulus sensitivity
(Préférence en matière de drogue, récit d'expériences et sensibilité aux stimuli)
Auteur(s) :
MILIN, R. ;
LOH E.A. ;
WILSON, A.
Année :
1992
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
1055-0496
Refs biblio. :
51
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Note générale :
American Journal on Addictions, 1992, 1, 3, 248-256
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Des études conduites pour déterminer si les toxicomanes préfèrant trois drogues (alcool, cannabis, cocaïne) éprouvent des expériences subjectives différentes de leur drogue de prédilection, révèlent que les sujets ont une expérience subjective unique de "leur" drogue qui pourrait constituer la base de leur préférence. Par ailleurs, la mesure de leur sensibilité aux stimuli montre une sensibilité plus grande chez les sujets préférant l'alcool que chez les sujets préférant le cannabis ou la cocaïne.
ENGLISH :
The authors performed three studies to determine if drug abusers preferring three different psychoactive substances (alcohol, cannabis or cocaine) differed on subjective experience of their drug of preference. In addition, the subject's stimulus sensitivity was measured by the Vando Reducer-Augmenter (RA) scale. In all three studies, responses to the modified ACL (MACL and MACL-18) differentiated drug of preference in over 80 % of the cases. This suggests that subjects perceive a unique subjective experience from their drug of choice, which may constitute a basis for their drug preference. In the second and third studies, alcohol-preferring subjects scored significantly lower on the RA scale than those who preferred either cannabis or cocaine, suggesting that they were more sensitive to stimuli. The results are discussed within the contexts of the optimum arousal and self-medication theories of drug addiction. (Extract from author's abstract).
Des études conduites pour déterminer si les toxicomanes préfèrant trois drogues (alcool, cannabis, cocaïne) éprouvent des expériences subjectives différentes de leur drogue de prédilection, révèlent que les sujets ont une expérience subjective unique de "leur" drogue qui pourrait constituer la base de leur préférence. Par ailleurs, la mesure de leur sensibilité aux stimuli montre une sensibilité plus grande chez les sujets préférant l'alcool que chez les sujets préférant le cannabis ou la cocaïne.
ENGLISH :
The authors performed three studies to determine if drug abusers preferring three different psychoactive substances (alcohol, cannabis or cocaine) differed on subjective experience of their drug of preference. In addition, the subject's stimulus sensitivity was measured by the Vando Reducer-Augmenter (RA) scale. In all three studies, responses to the modified ACL (MACL and MACL-18) differentiated drug of preference in over 80 % of the cases. This suggests that subjects perceive a unique subjective experience from their drug of choice, which may constitute a basis for their drug preference. In the second and third studies, alcohol-preferring subjects scored significantly lower on the RA scale than those who preferred either cannabis or cocaine, suggesting that they were more sensitive to stimuli. The results are discussed within the contexts of the optimum arousal and self-medication theories of drug addiction. (Extract from author's abstract).
Affiliation :
Children's OPD, Royal Ottawa Hosp., 1145 Carling ave, Ottawa, K1Z 7K4
Canada. Canada.
Canada. Canada.