Personality and demographic characteristics of dropouts and completers in a nonhospital residential alcohol treatment program.
This study investigated the relationship of scores on the Psychopathic Deviate, Denial, Dependency, and MacAndrew Scales of the MMPI; intelligence; age; income; and education to continuance in a residential alcohol treatment program. Dropouts scored higher on the Psychopathic Deviate Scale than completers did. For completers, Psychopathic Deviate scores were correlated with age and Denial scores were correlated with intelligence. These relationships did not occur for dropouts. Findings were compared to research done in hospital settings.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011594:Psychometrics; D012112:Residential Facilities