Open AccessBEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS OF IMPULSIVITY IN ALCOHOLICS WITH AND WITHOUT A CLUSTER-B PERSONALITY DISORDER
Author(s) -
Geert Dom,
Bieke De Wilde,
Wouter Hulstijn,
Wim van den Brink,
Bernard Sabbe
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agl030
Subject(s) - impulsivity , psychology , stroop effect , barratt impulsiveness scale , abstinence , sensation seeking , personality , delay of gratification , clinical psychology , disinhibition , psychiatry , developmental psychology , cognition , social psychology
Studies have shown that alcoholics with a cluster-B personality disorder (cluster-B PD) are characterized by high levels of impulsivity. However, impulsivity has mainly been studied as a broad concept without its different aspects being considered. The present study compared abstinent alcoholic inpatients without any personality disorder (PD) and abstinent alcoholics with cluster-B PD on different aspects of impulsivity, i.e. self-reported impulsivity and neuropsychological indicators such as behavioural control and delay of gratification.
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