title: Short-term stability of NEO-PI-R personality trait scores in opioid-dependent outpatients.
abstract: The present study examined the short-term stability of personality trait scores from the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) among 230 opioid-dependent outpatients. The NEO-PI-R is a 240-item empirically developed measure of the five-factor model of personality (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness). Participants completed the NEO-PI-R at admission and again approximately 19 weeks later. Results indicated fair to good stability for all NEO-PI-R factor domain scores, with coefficients ranging from .68 to .74. Stability of NEO-PI-R scores was decreased among potentially invalid response patterns but was not significantly affected by drug-positive versus drug-negative status at follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. carter@mail.jhmi.edu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Stoller
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kidorf
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Brooner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015142:Baltimore; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D009292:Narcotic Antagonists