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Evidence for Distinctive Personality Traits in Alcoholics
Summary A picture‐preference test designed to measure ten traits believed to characterize alcoholics was administered to 106 alcoholics, 15 neurotics, and 80 normals. As predicted, alcoholics had higher scores on this test than normals or neurotics. The mean score of the neurotics was virtually the...
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Published in: | British Journal of Addiction 1974-09, Vol.69 (3), p.199-206 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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A picture‐preference test designed to measure ten traits believed to characterize alcoholics was administered to 106 alcoholics, 15 neurotics, and 80 normals. As predicted, alcoholics had higher scores on this test than normals or neurotics. The mean score of the neurotics was virtually the same as the mean of the normals. Whatever is measured by this test reliably distinguishes alcoholics from both neurotics and normals. |
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ISSN: | 0007-0890 0965-2140 1360-0443 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1974.tb01304.x |