Abstract The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
estimated that in the year 2002, 19.5 million Americans, which includes individuals 12 years …

Although drug preference has been studied from the perspectives of individual differences
and comorbid psychopathology, research incorporating both of these levels of analysis has …

Substance abuse is a serious global problem that is affected by multiple psychosocial
factors, and personality traits play a central role in its occurrence. The present study aims to …

This study examined the relationship between drug preference, drug use, drug availability,
and personality among individuals (n= 100) in treatment for substance abuse in an effort to …

This archival study examines personality differences among adolescents in an inpatient
substance abuse treatment program. The participants were 410 inpatients who had been …

To explore the use of normal personality measures in clinical populations, we investigated
the usefulness of the Five-Factor personality domains measured by the NEO Personality …

The link between specific personality profiles and a single psychotropic drug of choice is still
unclear and only partially explored. The present study compares three groups of male …

As personality may predispose, precipitate or perpetuate substance abuse and/or
dependence, and as it is considered to remain stable across the years in a given subject …

We investigated the construct validity of the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) with a
clinical population of 2,676 substance abusers. Scores on the NEO-PI were correlated with …

Substance-related and behavioral addictions are extremely prevalent and represent a major
public health concern. In the ongoing attempt to understand the addictive personality …