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  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Rising prevalence of female alcohol and substance abuse.
  • Need to understand personality differences in female addiction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze personality profile differences between female alcohol and opiate dependence.
  • Hypothesized significant variations in personality traits among these subgroups.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited 62 women with alcohol/opiate addiction (19-45 years) and 30 healthy controls.
  • Administered the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R).
  • Utilized multiple stepwise discriminant analysis to identify personality trait associations with addiction groups.

Main Results:

  • Significant differences in personality traits (except Openness) between groups.
  • Substance-dependent women showed higher Neuroticism and lower Conscientiousness than controls.
  • Opiate-dependent women scored highest on Neuroticism/Extraversion, lowest on Agreeableness/Conscientiousness.
  • Alcohol-dependent women had higher Conscientiousness and lower Neuroticism than opiate-dependent women.

Conclusions:

  • Confirmed distinct personality profiles in female alcohol and opiate dependence.
  • Highlighted significant differences between addicted groups and healthy controls.
  • Emphasized tailoring prevention and therapeutic strategies to specific personality characteristics in substance-addicted women.