Drug abuse is one of the most pressing sociomedical problems of society. The purpose of this study was to examine the personality and psychopathology of addicts. 229 addicts in treatment programs scored high on Neuroticism and on the Lie Scale and low on Psychoticism and Extraversion on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire for Puerto Rico. An Addiction Scale, based on a factor analysis, showed a high component of Neuroticism items.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BaumanP.LevineS. (1986) The development of children of drug addicts. International Journal of the Addictions, 21, 849–863.
2.
CalsynD.RozzellD.ChaneyE. (1989) Validation of MMPI profile subtypes among opioid addicts who are beginning methadone maintenance treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45, 991–998.
3.
CraigR. J. (1987) MMPI-derived prevalence estimates of homosexuality among drug dependent patients. International Journal of the Addictions, 22, 1139–1145.
4.
CraigR. J. (1988) A psychometric study of the prevalence of DSM-III personality disorders among treated opiate addicts. International Journal of the Addictions, 23, 115–124.
5.
CraigR. J.OlsonR. E. (1990) MOMI comparisons of cocaine abusers and heroin addicts. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 46, 230–237.
6.
EysenckH. J.EysenckS. B. G. (1975) Manual of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
7.
EysenckH. J.EysenckS. B. G. (1976) Psychoticism as a dimension of personality. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
8.
EysenckH. J.EysenckS. B. G. (1991) Eysenck personality scales. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
9.
EysenckS. B. G.PorrataJ. L. (1984) Un estudio transcultural de personalidad: Puerto Rico e Inglaterra. Revista Latino Americana de Psicología, 16, 355–372.
10.
KostenT.RounsavilleJ.KleberH. (1987) Predictors of 2.5 year outcome in opioid addicts: pretreatment source of incomeAmerican Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 13, 19–32.
11.
LavelleT.HammersleyR.ForsythA. (1991) Personality as an explanation of drug use. Journal of Drug Issues, 21, 593–604.
12.
LodhiP. H.ThankurS. (1993) Personality of drug addicts: Eysenckian analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 15, 121–128.
13.
MarshD. T.StileS. A.StoughtonN. L.FoutsL.BethL. (1988) Psychopathology of opiate addiction: comparative data from the M.M.P.I. and MOMI. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 14, 17–27.
14.
MaturA.MytabaB.SinghY. (1992) Drug addiction and maladjustment. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 18(1–2), 41–44.
15.
PorrataJ. L. (1993a) Deseabilidad social en niños y adultos Puertorriqueños. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 27, 305–312.
16.
PorrataJ. L. (1993b) Differences in social desirability scores of students in private and public schools. Psychological Reports, 72, 967–970.
17.
PorrataJ. L. (1995) Scores on psychoticism of adolescent girls in Puerto Rico. Psychological Reports, 76, 808–810.
18.
PorrataJ. L.EysenckS. B. G. (1989–90) Un estudio transcultural de personalidad de niños Ingleses y niños Puertorriqueños. Homines, 12, 10–13.
19.
RozzellD.CalsynD.ChaneyE. (1986) Alcohol use and psychopathology in opioid addicts on methadone maintenance. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 12, 269–278.
20.
SchaeferJ. W.NurcoD. N.HanlonT. E.KinlockT. W. (1988) MMPI-168 profiles of male narcotic addicts by ethnic group and city. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 292–298.
