title: 16PF items discriminating recidivists and long-term recovered polyaddicts.
abstract: Responses to 65 of the 187 items on Cattell's 16PF test were skewed by 83 members of Alcoholics Anonymous. Seventeen of those items had significantly different distributions when the 18 recidivists were compared to the 8 who had remained clean of all addictive substances and compulsive behaviors during the 2-year period studied. Another 14 items had significantly different distributions when the recidivists were compared to all the others. Comparisons with non-drug-disadvantaged groups and non-AA recovering addicts are suggested in order to isolate empirical predictor items for "addictive" versus "cured" scales.
mesh_terms: D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002416:Cattell Personality Factor Questionnaire; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012008:Recurrence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors