Intercorrelational Structure of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire with an Alcoholic Population

Hurlburt, Graham; Gade, Eldon M.; Fuqua, Dale R.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1982.51.2.515

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“…A Saudi Arabian group of drug addicts was tested by Abu-Arab and Hashem (1995), showing again the same high P-high N patterns observed in European subjects. These authors also refer to another study by Abu-Arab (1987), showing similar correlations with alcoholism (see also Hurlburt et al, 1982).…”

Section: Personality and Addictionsupporting

confidence: 64%

Addiction, Personality and Motivation

Eysenck

1997

Hum. Psychopharmacol. Clin. Exp.

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It is suggested that addictive behaviour, so called, ®ts into a psychological resource model. In other words, the habits in question are acquired because they serve a useful function for the individual, and the nature of the functions they ful®l is related to the personality pro®le of the`addict'. For some people this resource function develops into a form of addiction, and it is suggested that the reason this occurs is related to excessive dopamine functioning. This in turn is used to suggest the nature of the addictive personality. Excessive dopamine functioning is related to the personality dimension of psychoticism, and evidence is cited to the eect that psychoticism is closely related to a large number of addictions. The precise reasons for the addictive eects of dopamine are still being debated, but clearly there is a causal chain linking personality and biological factors together in the production of addictive behaviour.

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Section: Personality and Addictionsupporting

confidence: 64%

Addiction, Personality and Motivation

Eysenck

1997

Hum. Psychopharmacol. Clin. Exp.

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“…In the current study, all drug abuse categories had lower score on Neuroticism (See Table 1) which is contrary to previous literature. Instability is usually higher among drug abuse cases [36] [38]. High scores on neuroticism indicate emotional stability and two possible explanations for these findings arise.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Madhuri [35] found addicts to be more neurotic as well as less impulsive scoring high on Psychoticism and Neuroticism subscales while they are more introvert as compared to non addicts. Hulburt [36] found Psychoticism to be higher among alcoholics while extraversion was lower. Similarly, Speilberger [37] found Psychoticism trait to be more prevalent in smokers as well.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality Traits and Self Regulation: A Comparative Study among Current, Relapse and Remitted Drug Abuse Patients

Bukhtawer¹,

Muhammad²,

Iqbal³

2014

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Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the relationship among personality traits and self regulation among different drug abuse cases. The three categories of drug abuse were based on phases of addiction namely current, relapse and remitted cases. Method: The sample consisted of 108 drug abusers taken from different rehabilitation centers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The selected drug abusers were at current (n = 40), relapsed (n = 42) and remission phase (n =2 7) of drug addiction; with an age range of 20 to 70 years. The data were collected from private rehabilitation centers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In this study, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised EPQR-Short (Eysenck, Eysenck & Barrett, 1985) was used to measure personality traits of the drug abuse cases. Self Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ) developed by Miller and Brown (1991) was used to measure the self regulatory skills. The data were collected from rehabilitation centers. Before collection of data, formal permission was taken from the administration of these centers. Research protocol included an Ethical Pro-forma explaining rationale of study, ensuring confidentiality of the information to be used for research purpose only and also had personal consent form. In the first phase, pilot study was conducted to check the reliability of translated scale and availability of sample. A sample of 15 drug abusers was selected for pilot study. In the next step (main study); protocol was administered on current, relapsed and remitted cases through individual administration. For remitted cases, the researcher consulted authorities (administration head, and medical doctors) of centers and administered protocol on the days when these participants came for follow-up session. Results: The results of the study indicate strong correlation between self regulation and personality traits (r = 0.27 **). Furthermore, most of the participants scored higher on Psychoticism (100%), Introversion (75%) while Neuroticism (58%) trait was found less among drug abuse cases. The study also indicates strong correlation between self regulation and Extraversion-Introversion personality trait (r = 0.20 **) while other traits did not have significant correlations with self regulation. Furthermore, the descriptive frequencies reveal that most of the participants scored higher on Psychoticism (100%), Introversion (75%) while Neuroticism (58%) N. Bukhtawer et al. 1369 trait was found less among drug abuse cases. Conclusion: From the above mentioned findings, it is concluded that self regulation is associated with personality traits among drug abusers. The comparisons of personality traits and self regulatory skills among the different phases of addiction provide an insight into how these traits interact with self control to regulate impulsive and addictive behaviors.

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“…Currently, Eysenck's work continues eliciting investigation and monographic numbers (Bowden et al, 2018;Revelle, 2016), and it has become an instrument widely used in research as a measure of personality in different populations (Abdel-Khalek, 2013;Abad & Forns, 2008;Hurlburt et al, 1982). Its relevance makes it necessary to investigate the validity of the model to ensure the precise evaluation of personality across different populations.…”

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Brief Version of the Revised-Abbreviated Eysenck Personality Questionnaire in a Spanish Young Adult Population

Juarros-Basterretxea,

Rodríguez-Franco,

Herrero

et al. 2024

Int. j. psychol. res.

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Eysenck’s PEN model is one of the most relevant and fruitful models with empirical support, and continues eliciting a large research corpus. Nevertheless, the systematic limitations regarding the psychoticism dimension and questionable inclusion of social desirability as a personality dimension have limited the model. The current research aimed to estimate an alternativePEN model including social desirability as a control and test its validity and reliability. This sample consists of 2969 Spanish young adults. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to test the fitting of four different models tothe data. Once the best-fitting model was obtained, multiple-group analyses were carried out to assess the configural, metric, and scalar invariance of themodel across sexes. The results showed that the three-dimension PEN model and two-dimension EN model controlling social desirability best fit the dataand were invariant across sexes. Despite the apparent appropriateness of both models, the EN model controlling for social desirability is more appropriate due to the weakness of the P dimension.

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Intercorrelational Structure of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire with an Alcoholic Population

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Addiction, Personality and Motivation

Addiction, Personality and Motivation

Personality Traits and Self Regulation: A Comparative Study among Current, Relapse and Remitted Drug Abuse Patients

Brief Version of the Revised-Abbreviated Eysenck Personality Questionnaire in a Spanish Young Adult Population

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