Personality measure in gamma and delta alcoholics: A brief note
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 36 (1) , 345-346
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198001)36:1<345::aid-jclp2270360150>3.0.co;2-i
Abstract
Personality measures are known to differentiate alcoholics from nonalcoholics, and the pattern of addiction displayed by alcoholics also appears to be related to personality factors. In the present study anxiety, depression, and self‐esteem were measured in 22 gamma alcoholics, 16 delta alcoholics, and 20 social drinkers. Alcoholics were found to be more extreme than social drinkers on all three questionnaire measures. Gamma alcoholics tended to be more deviant than delta alcoholics, but their lower self‐esteem was the only measure that reached statistical significance. Generally, the results are consistent with previous findings that indicate a relationship between abnormality of drinking pattern and degree of personality deviance.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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