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. 1997 Nov;106(4):545-53.
doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.106.4.545.

Personality, temperament, and character dimensions and the DSM-IV personality disorders in substance abusers

S A Ball  1 , H Tennen, J C Poling, H R Kranzler, B J Rounsaville
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Personality, temperament, and character dimensions and the DSM-IV personality disorders in substance abusers

S A Ball et al. J Abnorm Psychol. 1997 Nov.

Abstract

The authors evaluated the relationship between P. T. Costa and R. R. McCrae's (1992) NEO 5-factor model, C. R. Cloninger's (1993) 7-factor Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), and the American Psychiatric Association's (1994) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., personality disorders in 370 inpatient and outpatient alcohol, cocaine, and opiate abusers. NEO Neuroticism was associated with many disorders, and different patterns for Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Extraversion emerged for the different disorders. Several TCI scales were associated with different personality disorders, although not as strongly as the NEO dimensions. Results did not support most predictions made for the TCI. Normal personality dimensions contributed significantly to the prediction of personality disorder severity above and beyond substance abuse and depression symptoms.

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