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Intellectual functioning in a sample of institutionalized narcotic addicts
Author(s) -
Koslowsky Meni,
Levett Carol
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197507)31:3<578::aid-jclp2270310347>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - addiction , substance abuse , psychology , heroin , narcotic , wechsler adult intelligence scale , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , drug , cognition
The Shipley-Hartford scales were given to 1,980 institutionalized addicts. Overall, results showed that addict IQs are about normal. Of all demographic variables analyzed, only education explained an appreciable proportion of the variance in scores (12%). There were indications that a relatively high number of addicts may have some intellectual impairment (41%). The latter results await further verification.