[Temperament and attachment in alcohol addicted patients of type 1 and 2].
OBJECTIVE
Our study first objective is the evaluation of the attachment to partner and affective temperamental traits in alcohol addicted patients; the second objective is the evaluation of differences between alcohol addicted patients of type 1 and 2 according to Cloninger and Sullivan.


METHODS
The sample is composed of 40 adult patients with a alcohol addiction diagnosis enrolled at the Alcoholic Service of the Viterbo "Villa Rosa" Nursing Home. Patients have been submitted the semistructured interviews SCID I and SCID II and the self submitted TCI-R test. Furthermore they have completed the TEMPS-A (Temperament Evaluation Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego) and the ECR (Experiences in Close Relationships).


RESULTS
The attachment profile shows that 50% of patients have an insecure type of attachment so distributed: 25.5% of patients show a preoccupied type of attachment, 17.5% appear dismissing and 7.5% fearful. As for the affective temperament we observed a major frequency of elevated scores of Hyperthymic TEMPS-A (OR = 1.68; p < 0.01) compared to controls. At last type 2 compared to type 1 is characterized by a more elevated mid scores presence at the Avoiding dimension of Scale ECR.


CONCLUSIONS
The alcohol addicted patients sample mainly show an attachment of insecure type and, with major frequency, a hyperthymic temperament. Moreover in type 2 patients there is a prevalence of the avoiding dimension in intimate relationships.
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Day-Hospital di Psichiatria, Universiti Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Gemelli, Roma. desiree.harnic@libero.it
Désirée
D
Harnic
Vittorio
V
Digiacomantonio
Marco
M
Innamorati
Marianna
M
Mazza
Silvia
S
Di Marzo
Francesca
F
Sacripanti
Romina
R
Saioni
Annalaura
A
Cardella
Carla
C
Di Felice
Paolo
P
Girardi
Luigi
L
Janiri
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult