Temperament, character, and dissociation among detoxified male inpatients with alcohol dependencyJournal of Clinical Psychology, Early view 2 Apr 2008
The aim of this study was to determine possible relationships of pathological dissociation with temperament, character, and concurrent psychopathological features in a consecutive series of male alcohol-dependent patients.
Beside higher scores on anxiety, depression, and alcoholism scales, a larger proportion of dissociative group reported childhood abuse, suicide attempts, and self-mutilation than did the nondissociative group. They also had higher scores of novelty seeking and harm avoidance, but lower scores of persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness.
Trait anxiety, depression, and severity of alcoholism predicted dissociative experiences; however, none of the temperament or character measures did.
Rather than being a derivative of temperament or character features, dissociative experiences of male alcohol-dependent patients are associated with overall concurrent psychopathology.
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