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Personality measure in gamma and delta alcoholics: A brief note
Author(s) -
Brown Robert A.
Publication year - 1980
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(198001)36:1<345::aid-jclp2270360150>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , clinical psychology , deviance (statistics) , anxiety , addiction , personality test , developmental psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , test validity , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
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.