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Drug abuse severity in adolescents is associated with magnitude of deviation in temperament traits
Author(s) -
TARTER RALPH E.,
LAIRD SUSAN B.,
KABENE MOSTEFA,
BUKSTEIN OSCAR,
KAMINER YIFRAH
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb01636.x
Subject(s) - temperament , trait , psychology , substance abuse , clinical psychology , drug , psychiatry , personality , social psychology , computer science , programming language
Substance abusing adolescents were discriminated from normal controls on seven of the nine scales comprising the revised Dimensions of Temperament Scales. However, upon aggregating the scales into orthogonal dimensions using factor analysis, it was found that only activity level was associated with drug use severity. This behavioural trait was correlated with seven of 10 scales comprising the Drug Use Screening Inventory, including severity of substance use, behavior problems, psychiatric disorder, work, peer relationships and leisure activities.