Personality-based subtypes of chemically dependent patients.
Jackson's Personality Research Form E (PRF) was administered to a large, heterogeneous group of adult inpatients with diagnoses of alcohol and/or drug dependence. Cluster analysis of PRF factor scores yielded five distinct patient subtypes: hostile-dependent, cooperative-nonreflective, socially uninvolved, impulsive-unsociable, and hostile-overcontrolled. The subtypes differed on two MMPI canonical variables and on self-reported high risk factors for substance usage. Implications of the findings for more appropriate matching of patients to chemical dependency interventions are offered.
Allen
J P
JP
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Fertig
J B
JB
Mattson
M E
ME
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D044469:Racial Groups; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*