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Psychological correlates of solvent abuse
Author(s) -
Woolfson Richard C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1982.tb01483.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology
The present study looked at some of the psychological factors of children who habitually sniff glue. A control group of non‐glue‐sniffing delinquent boys was compared with an experimental group of glue‐sniffing boys. The comparison was across a number of personality variables, using the HSPQ, and the two groups were matched in terms of age, social class and intelligence. A significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of one HSPQ primary factor (factor F) and one HSPQ secondary factor (factor Q I ).