Citation

Moeller FG, Dougherty DM, Rustin T, Swann AC, Allen TJ, Shah N, Cherek DR. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1997; 44(2-3): 175-182.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Harris County Psychiatric Center 77021, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9088790

Abstract

To study the relationship between cocaine abstinence symptoms, personality, and aggression, we used the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP) to measure aggression in 18 subjects admitted for the treatment of cocaine dependence. Eight subjects met criteria for antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). There was a significant correlation between presence of ASPD and frequency of aggressive responding by stepwise multiple regression. When presence of ASPD was factored out of the correlations, there was no significant relationship between aggressive responding and cocaine craving, withdrawal symptoms, amount of cocaine used, or length of time since use. These preliminary results suggest that in cocaine dependent individuals seeking treatment, current aggression is most dependent on the individual's previous aggressive behavior.

Language: en