title: Personality characteristics of alcoholics dropping out of treatment.
abstract: Twenty seven male alcoholics were prospectively studied to find out the characteristics of those who drop out soon after discharge from the hospital. Seven persons, failed to make a single visit over a six-month period, and were termed 'dropouts'.On admission, after detoxification, all 27 patients were individually administered, the following tests:(1) Bhatia's Performance Test of Intelligence(2) Multiphasic Questionnaire(3) Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and(4) 16 P. F. Questionnaire (Form C).Dropouts did not differ from the completers on any of the socio-demographic or clinical variables. Two personality characteristics significantly differentiated the dropouts from the completers.
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. Student, Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bangalore-350 029.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vithayathil
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Nagalakshmi