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Predictive Capacity of Cloninger's temperament and character inventory (TCI-R) in alcohol use disorder outcomes.
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Adicciones [Adicciones] 2016 Jun 14; Vol. 28 (3), pp. 136-43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jun 14. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objective: to investigate the ability to predict the outcome of alcohol use disorders through Cloninger's temperament and character inventory (TCI-R).<br />Methods: this is a prospective study consisting of 237 outpatients with alcohol use disorders who underwent follow-up treatment for 6 months and whose personality traits were studied using TCI-R. At the end of that period, the scores of each TCI-R trait were analyzed in terms of those who remained in treatment and those who dropped out.<br />Results: The whole group scored highly in novelty seeking (NS) and harm avoidance (HA) and produced low scores in self-directedness (SD), these last traits are considered prominent. The drop-out group scored significantly (p=.004) higher in novelty seeking (NS) than the follow-up group. Also, when the score was higher than the 67 percentile the likelihood of abandoning the treatment was 1.07 times higher.<br />Conclusions: Cloninger's temperament and character inventory is a good instrument to predict the outcome of treatment of patients with alcohol use disorders and the novelty seeking (NS) dimension is strongly related to therapeutic drop-out.
Details
- Language :
- English; Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 0214-4840
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Adicciones
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27399222
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.711