title: Relationships between age of onset, antisocial history and general psychopathological traits in Japanese alcoholics.
abstract: This study investigated the relationships of age of onset, antisocial history and general psychopathological traits measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in Japanese alcoholics (n = 84). A 2 (earlier vs later onset) x 2 (antisocial vs non-antisocial) multivariate analysis of covariance showed that age of onset had a significant correlation with some subscales of the MMPI such as L (lie), Sc (schizophrenia), and Si (social introversion), whereas history of antisocial behavior had no significant correlation with any MMPI clinical subscales. This result indicated that age of onset was a more significant variable than was antisocial history with regard to the current general psychopathological traits on MMPI in Japanese alcoholics.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan. HQL01005@nifty.ne.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toshida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohshima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results