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Personality profiles of hospitalized pathological gamblers: The California Personality Inventory
Author(s) -
McCormick Richard A.,
Taber Julian,
Kruedelbach Norman,
Russo Angel
Publication year - 1987
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(198709)43:5<521::aid-jclp2270430516>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , personality , pathological , california psychological inventory , personality assessment inventory , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , pathology
Studies of the personality of the pathological gambler have consisted primarily of case reports and findings on the MMPI. This article presents data on a sample of 70 pathological gamblers, 70 alcoholics in treatment, and 70 medical/surgical controls on the California Personality Inventory (CPI). Gamblers and alcoholics differed significantly from hospitalized controls on a number of scales, particularly on measures of socialization, ego control, and flexibility. Differences between the gamblers and alcoholics were few, with a trend for the alcoholics to be similar to the gamblers and intermediate between the other two groups. Implications for the treatment of the pathological gambler are discussed.