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Antisocial behavior decreases with long-term abstinence from substance dependence, even though tendencies toward social deviance persist. Executive control may inhibit these underlying antisocial dispositions.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Addiction Research

Background:

Previous studies indicated elevated antisocial symptoms and disposition in long-term abstinent individuals with alcohol dependence compared to controls.
While current antisocial symptoms decreased to subdiagnostic levels in long-term abstinence, their precise quantification was limited.

Purpose of the Study:

To measure social deviance proneness, antisocial disposition, and lifetime/current antisocial symptoms in individuals with varying abstinence durations.
To compare these measures between substance-dependent individuals (short- and long-term abstinence) and non-substance-abusing controls (NSAC).

Main Methods:

Assessment of social deviance proneness, antisocial disposition, and lifetime/current antisocial symptoms.
Inclusion of short-term abstinent, long-term abstinent, and NSAC groups.

Main Results:

Lifetime antisocial symptoms, social deviance proneness, and antisocial disposition were significantly elevated in both short- and long-term abstinent groups.
Current antisocial symptoms were markedly reduced in long-term versus short-term abstinent individuals, approaching control levels.
Social deviance proneness and antisocial disposition remained elevated in long-term abstinence.

Conclusions:

Antisocial behavior diminishes with extended abstinence from substance dependence.
Elevated social deviance proneness and antisocial disposition persist despite behavioral improvements.
A top-down model is proposed, suggesting executive control inhibits deviance-prone tendencies during long-term abstinence.