Personality and Cognitive Learning among Alcoholics with Different Intervals of Sobriety
- 1 June 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 16 (3_suppl) , 1125-1140
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1965.16.3c.1125
Abstract
This study was directed toward two select populations of Alcoholics Anonymous: 25 members with a verified sobriety interval of 1 to 3 mo., and 25 members with a verified sobriety interval of more than 3 yr. The 50 Ss were given Cattell's 16 PF and the Gelb-Goldstein-Weigl-Scheerer Object Sorting Test. A significant difference ( P < .05) was reported on 9 of 16 personality factors; a marked difference ( P < .001) was apparent when the groups were examined for a capacity to make any abstract-volitional shifts. Results support the hypothesis of heterogeneity of personality structure and divergent concept formation among male alcoholics in Alcoholics Anonymous and point to the meaningfulness of the length of sobriety in evaluating psychological characteristics of these Ss.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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