Neuroticism and Extraversion: Chronic Alcoholics' Reports on Effects of Drinking

Abstract

48 chronic alcoholic patients in an in-patient facility completed both forms of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. All were sober at the time of testing but they were instructed to complete the inventory, first, as they felt while sober, and second, as they felt while drinking. Neuroticism scores did not change across the two instructions, but Extraversion scores averaged significantly higher under the drinking instruction.