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The criteria of Cloninger et al. and von Knorring et al. for subgrouping alcoholics: a comparison in a clinical population
Author(s) -
Lamparski D. M.,
Roy A.,
Nutt D. J.,
Linnoila M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb03183.x
Subject(s) - concordance , psychology , population , psychiatry , clinical psychology , alcohol dependence , alcohol , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health
There is increasing evidence that meaningful subgroups of alcoholics may exist. Cloninger et al. and von Knorring et al. have developed criteria to delineate what both call type 1 and type 2 alcoholism. However, when we compared their criteria in a predominantly inpatient sample of male alcoholics, we found large differences between the approaches in identifying type 1 and type 2 alcoholism. Concordance was equally low in a subsample of 34 alcoholics exhibiting antisocial behavior and when subjects were divided by whether the first alcohol‐related problem began before or after 20 years of age. Similar findings emerged when we limited our analyses to primary alcoholics and alcoholics with no other mental disorders.