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Temperament, character, and dissociation among detoxified male inpatients with alcohol dependency.
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Journal of Clinical Psychology . Jun2008, Vol. 64 Issue 6, p717-727. 11p. 5 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to determine possible relationships of pathological dissociation with temperament, character, and concurrent psychopathological features in a consecutive series of male alcohol-dependent patients. Fifty-eight patients with pathological dissociation were compared with 118 nondissociative patients classified by dissociative taxon membership. Beside higher scores on anxiety, depression, and alcoholism scales, a larger proportion of dissociative group reported childhood abuse, suicide attempts, and self-mutilation than did the nondissociative group. They also had higher scores of novelty seeking and harm avoidance, but lower scores of persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness. Trait anxiety, depression, and severity of alcoholism predicted dissociative experiences; however, none of the temperament or character measures did. Rather than being a derivative of temperament or character features, dissociative experiences of male alcohol-dependent patients are associated with overall concurrent psychopathology. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 64:717–727, 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219762
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32068927
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20485