Personality differences between alcoholics anonymous members and nonmembers.

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

doi:10.15288/jsa.1984.45.170

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“…A second limitation pertains to our sample; all participants were AA members (at least at Wave 1), and given evidence that AA members differ from alcoholics who are not members of AA (Hurlburt, Gade, & Fuqua, 1984;Singer, 1997), it remains possible that the relations found here do not generalize to alcoholics who are recovering outside AA. Indeed, Singer (1997) observed that some alcoholics feel driven away from AA, primarily because the organization's emphasis on developing a redemptive/self-growth story does not align with their own life experiences.…”

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confidence: 98%

Sobering stories: Narratives of self-redemption predict behavioral change and improved health among recovering alcoholics.

Dunlop¹,

Tracy²

2013

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The present research examined whether the production of a narrative containing self-redemption (wherein the narrator describes a positive personality change following a negative experience) predicts positive behavioral change. In Study 1, we compared the narratives of alcoholics who had maintained their sobriety for over 4 years with those of alcoholics who had been sober 6 months or less. When describing their last drink, the former were significantly more likely to produce a narrative containing self-redemption than the latter. In Study 2, we examined the relation between the profession of self-redemption and behavioral change using a longitudinal design, by following the newly sober alcoholics from Study 1 over time. Although indistinguishable at initial assessment, newly sober alcoholics whose narratives included self-redemption were substantially more likely to maintain sobriety in the following months, compared to newly sober alcoholics who produced nonredemptive narratives; 83% of the redemptive group maintained sobriety between assessments, compared to 44% of nonredemptive participants. Redemptive participants in Study 2 also demonstrated improved health relative to the nonredemptive group. In both studies, the effects of self-redemption on sobriety and health held after controlling for relevant personality traits, alcohol dependence, recovery program involvement, initial physical and mental health, and additional narrative themes. Collectively, these results suggest that the production of a self-redemptive narrative may stimulate prolonged behavioral change and thus indicate a potentially modifiable psychological process that exhibits a major influence on recovery from addiction.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Sobering stories: Narratives of self-redemption predict behavioral change and improved health among recovering alcoholics.

Dunlop¹,

Tracy²

2013

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

131

121

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“…Impulsivity is also a predictor of alcohol use and problems among college students (Hutchinson et al, 1998). As with smoking, the personality trait of extroversion has been linked to higher levels of alcohol consumption (Hurlburt et al, 1984;Martsh and Miller, 1997). Also, relatively extroverted individuals are more likely to continue a pattern of frequent intoxication during the first few years after they leave college (Gotham et al, 1997).…”

Section: Alcohol and Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smokers and beer drinkers: values and consumer susceptibility to interpersonal influence

Kropp

Lavack

Holden

1999

Journal of Consumer Marketing

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Examines the personal values of college‐age smokers and beer drinkers, as well as their susceptibility to interpersonal influence. Findings suggest that, compared to non‐smokers, smokers are less likely to place importance on the values of security, being well respected, and having a sense of belonging. When compared to non‐beer drinkers, college students who are beer drinkers are more likely to place importance on the value of excitement, and are less likely to place importance on the value of security. Smokers are less susceptible to interpersonal influence than non‐smokers, but there are no differences in susceptibility to interpersonal influence between beer drinkers and non‐beer drinkers. Values and susceptibility to interpersonal influence can play a useful role as descriptors, and possibly as predictors, of drinking and smoking behavior.

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“…The little that has been done in this area has suggested that the personality factors characteristic of those who abuse alcohol or drugs and of those who are most likely to benefit from treatment have not yet been identified. Thus, although Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members were found to be significantly more extroverted and less toughminded and emotional on the Eysenck Personality Inventory than nonmembers (Hurlburt, Gade, & Fuqua, 1984), it has not been proven that AA membership is associated with better treatment response. And, as was noted earlier, alcoholics with diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder have often experienced an earlier onset of alcohol-related problems than alcoholics without this diagnosis (Hesselbrock, Hesselbrock, & Workman-Daniels, 1986); however, it is unclear whether the bases for the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder have relevance to personality or whether the early onset of alcohol problems is related to treatment response.…”

Section: Personality and Response To Treatment For Substance Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

The addictive personality is the behavior of the addict.

Nathan¹

1988

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

104

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Research on the relation between personality and the etiology of alcohol and drug abuse has revealed a single consistent finding: a correlation between antisocial behavior in childhood and adolescence and alcoholism in adulthood. It is antisocial behavior, however, and not antisocial personality, that most observers identify as a precursor of alcoholism. Unfortunately, the high rates of antisocial behavior in our society render it an inefficient predictor of alcohol and drug abuse. Research on the link between personality and the course of alcohol and drug abuse has suggested that substantial numbers of abusers meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria for antisocial personality disorder and that depression also frequently accompanies alcohol and drug dependence. No personality factors and no other behaviors have reliably differentiated abusers from others: Antisocial behavior and depression are behaviors that are symptomatic, respectively, of a disregard for society's rules and of clinical dysphoria. Moreover, the depressed behavior of alcoholics appears largely to be consequent rather than antecedent to their alcoholism. This definition of personality expresses three common characteristics: internal, unique, and enduring.[ KJinger (1977) views personality as the branch of psychology that 183 This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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Personality differences between alcoholics anonymous members and nonmembers.

Cited by 20 publications

References 2 publications

Sobering stories: Narratives of self-redemption predict behavioral change and improved health among recovering alcoholics.

Sobering stories: Narratives of self-redemption predict behavioral change and improved health among recovering alcoholics.

Smokers and beer drinkers: values and consumer susceptibility to interpersonal influence

The addictive personality is the behavior of the addict.

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