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KMID : 0870520040080020142
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Journal of Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
2004 Volume.8 No. 2 p.142 ~ p.148
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Exploration of Personality Trait in Alcoholics
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Yoon Hae-Joo
Rhee Min-Kyu
Lee Tae-Kyung
Lee Jong-Il
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to explore the influences of personality trait and behavioral aspects in alcoholics. A shorter version of Tridementional Personality Questionnaire, Aggression Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory-Korean version were administered to 156 male alcoholics. In doing so, this participants were distinguished by a difference of means from normal norms. In increasing age, sensation seeking tendency or behavioral undercontrol was on the decrease, and direct aggression showed a tendency to decrease, but overall aggressive level didn’t show significant relation with age. Using the K-means Cluster Analysis, four subgroups were extracted;that is, a depressiondirect aggression-verbal aggression-anger-hostility profile (n=30), a depression-hostility profile (n=44), a verbal aggressionanger-hostility profile (n=44), a normal profile (n=41). At the conclusion, implication and limitations of this study were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Alcoholics, Personality traits, TPQ, AQ, BDI
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