Publication year: 2011
Source: Addictive Behaviors, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 July 2011
Christopher J., Hopwood , Leslie C., Morey , Andrew E., Skodol , Charles A., Sanislow , Carlos M., Grilo , …
Personality traits may provide underlying risk factors for and/or sequalae to substance use disorders (SUDs). In this study Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP) traits were compared in a clinical sample (N=704, age 18–45) with current, past, or no historical alcohol or non-alcohol substance use disorders (AUD and NASUD) as assessed by DSM-IV semi-structured interview. Results corroborated previous research in showing associations of negative temperament and disinhibition to SUD, highlighting the importance of these traits for indicating substance use proclivity or the chronic effects of substance use. Certain traits (manipulativeness, self-harm, disinhibition, and impulsivity for AUD, and disinhibition and…
Research highlights: ► Whereas substance use disorders show very similar patterns of correlations with normative personality traits, they show more nuanced patterns of association with pathological traits. ► Pathological personality traits and substance use disorders relate to one another dynamically, in that personality may predispose substance use and substance use may affect personality. ► Negative Temperament and Disinhibition connote a general propensity for substance use disorders. ► Main effects of Positive Temperament on substance use are limited, but the effects of pathological elements of this trait on substance use are more informative.