Psychometric Comparisons of Sociopathic and Psychopathological Behaviors of Alcoholics and Drug Abusers Versus a Low Drug Use Control Population

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Abstract
Scales derived from a self-administered questionnaire were used to assess the degree of sociopathy, alcohol/drug abuse, low moods and sleep disturbances in 53 outpatient alcoholics, 11 prisoner-addicts and 54 controls. Separate preadult and adult scales assessed pre- and post-addiction behaviors. Methodology differs from previous studies in that scaling permitted assessment of sociopathy, alcoholism and drug abuse as graded phenomena; and drug scoring, as a function of number, frequency and seriousness, was established prior to data collection. An affective-antisocial spectrum disorder characterized by early onset, low moods and alcohol abuse, drug abuse and/or antisocial behaviors was supported.
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