title: Personality dimensions in male patients with early-onset alcohol dependence who seek treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to examine the capacity of different personality dimensions to predict early-onset alcoholism (EOA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 176 consecutively admitted male inpatient alcohol dependents. Patients were grouped as EOA (onset before age 25) and late onset alcoholism (LOA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall severity of psychopathology and alcohol dependence were higher in EOAs (51.1%) than LOAs, whereas self-directedness (SD) dimension of personality was lower in EOAs. Among the other personality dimensions only lower SD scores, together with lower current age predicted EOA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Present study suggests that it is important to take EOA into consideration while planning the treatment of alcohol dependency, because of their higher probability of having low SD scores, as well as higher severity of psychopathology and alcohol-related problems.
authors.affiliation: Research, Treatment and Training Center for Alcohol and Substance Dependence (AMATEM), Bakirkoy State Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey. cuneytevren@yahoo.co
authors.forename: Cuneyt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evren
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dalbudak
authors.forename: Duran
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cakmak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011599:Psychopathology; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013694:Temperament; D014421:Turkey