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Comparative Validity of Five Alcoholism Typologies
Author(s) -
Yates William R.,
Meller William H.
Publication year - 1993
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.1521-0391.1993.tb00209.x
Subject(s) - typology , comorbidity , antisocial personality disorder , psychology , psychiatry , substance abuse , clinical psychology , addiction , personality disorders , personality , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , archaeology , history
The objective of this study was to compare and rank the descriptive validity for five alcoholism typologies. Five typology systems were applied. These included the presence or absence of 1) primary alcoholism, 2) drug abuse or dependence, 3) antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), 4) early‐onset alcoholism, and 5) parental alcoholism. The rank order (mean rank) from best to worst typology was presence or absence of ASPD (2.28), drug abuse or dependence (2.44), early‐onset alcoholism (2.94), primary alcoholism (3.30), and parental alcoholism (4.03). Documenting DSM‐III Axis I drug abuse or dependence comorbidity and Axis II ASPD comorbidity is a valid alcoholism typology strategy.