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Psychological functioning of cocaine free‐basers derived from objective psychological tests
Author(s) -
Craig Robert J.
Publication year - 1988
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(198807)44:4<599::aid-jclp2270440417>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychology , adjective check list , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , anxiety , clinical psychology , opiate , personality , addiction , personality test , psychological testing , big five personality traits , depression (economics) , drug addict , psychometrics , psychiatry , test validity , social psychology , medicine , receptor , economics , macroeconomics
This paper reports on two separate studies that compared cocaine free‐basers with opiate addicts on objective personality tests (Adjective Checklist and MMPI). Both groups showed a similar organization of needs. While opiate addicts were characterized by acting‐out traits, rebelliousness, depression, anxiety, alienation, and hyperactivity, the cocaine free‐basers were characterized by similar traits, but at modulated levels of severity. Implications for treatment programs and for pharmacodynamic theories, with emphasis on the relationship between underlying personality structure and drug of choice, were discussed.