Effect of Long-Term Treatment on Personality Change of High-Risk Alcoholics

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Abstract
The Differential Personality Inventory was administered 6 wk. after admission to 40 male high-risk alcoholics. Participants in a long-term special treatment program were characterized by a high recidivism rate. Retests were obtained 16 wk. later and Ss scored significantly lower on 5 of the 27 clinical scales. The reliability coefficient of the individual scales ranged from 0.57 to 0.92. Data show that high-risk alcoholics change relatively little over a 16-wk. period. It was suggested that certain alcoholics needed long-term treatment because they repeatedly failed to respond to treatment and were unable to control their drinking. It was also hypothesized that repeated, uncontrolled drinking might be due to a lack of social stability.