@article{ref1,
title="Personality predictors of drinking outcomes in depressed alcohol-dependent patients",
journal="Alcohol and alcoholism",
year="2015",
author="Foulds, James A. and Mulder, Roger T. and Newton-Howes, Giles and Adamson, Simon J. and Boden, Joseph M. and Sellman, J. Douglas",
volume="51",
number="3",
pages="296-301",
abstract="AIM: To evaluate the role of personality dimensions as predictors of drinking outcomes in depressed alcohol-dependent patients. <br><br>METHODS: Temperament and character inventory (TCI) scores were obtained at baseline in a 24-week study of 127 depressed alcohol-dependent patients who received open-label naltrexone and were randomized to citalopram or placebo. The association between TCI personality dimensions and alcohol outcomes during follow-up was examined using general linear mixed models. <br><br>RESULTS: Low novelty seeking, high self-directedness and high cooperativeness predicted less alcohol consumption on drinking days during follow-up. Temperament and character variables had no effect on the percentage of days abstinent from alcohol. Depression mediated the effects of self-directedness and cooperativeness on alcohol outcomes while the effect of novelty seeking remained after adjusting for depression scores in follow-up. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Identifying personality characteristics at baseline predicts drinking outcomes in depressed, alcohol-dependent patients. In particular patients with high novelty seeking drank more heavily on drinking days and they may therefore need more intensive intervention to achieve good treatment outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-0414",
doi="10.1093/alcalc/agv122",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv122"
}