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Personality, Mood, and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Anabolic Steroid Users
Author(s) -
Moss Howard B.,
Panzak George L.,
Tarter Ralph E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1992.tb00357.x
Subject(s) - hostility , aggression , somatization , psychology , personality , psychopathology , clinical psychology , mood , psychiatry , anxiety , social psychology
The relationship between use of anabolic steroids (ASs) and specific personality dimensions was assessed in 50 male bodybuilders who were current or past users compared with a sample of 25 age‐matched, “natural” male bodybuilders who never used ASs. No personality differences were found. The relationship between current AS use and the presence of variations in mood state, hostility, and psychiatric symptomatology was then evaluated. Current AS users scored higher than non‐users only on psychometric scales measuring hostility, aggression, and somatization. Thus, reports that AS use was associated with significant psychopathology, other than aggression and somatization, could not be confirmed.