Relative risk of adolescent drug abuse: Part II. Intrapsychic variables.
The total sample size for the study of intrapsychic variables was 252 (152 non-drug users and 100 life-time users including 69 current users). Using a multiphasic personality questionnaire, the Eysenck personality inventory and an orientation questionnaire, the authors found that high orientation, extraversion, anxiety and psychopathic deviate scores were associated with a relative risk of drug use. No significant difference is reported between the mean scores of users and non-users on mania, paranoia, depression, schizophrenia, hysteria and neuroticism.
D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation; D010556:Personality Tests; D012306:Risk; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*