@article{ref1,
title="The role of affective temperament as a predictor of relapse in alcohol dependence",
journal="Personality and mental health",
year="2017",
author="Paulino, Sofia and Pombo, Samuel and Ismail, Fátima and Figueira, Maria Luísa and Lesch, Otto",
volume="11",
number="4",
pages="278-289",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Personality traits have been proposed as relapse risk factors in alcohol use disorders. So far, no study has assessed the association between affective temperamental traits and the prospective relapse risk. <br><br>METHODS: This was a 3-month prospective naturalistic study, designed to assess the impact of affective temperaments in relapse. A sample of 61 alcohol-dependent patients was collected from an ambulatory clinical setting. Socio-demographic information, drinking and substance use habits, drinking status, craving and affective temperament traits were assessed. <br><br>RESULTS: Age, age of onset of alcohol abuse and dependence and drug consumption correlate with drinking status. Male alcohol-dependent patients who relapsed presented higher scores on cyclothymic temperament than patients with an alcohol dependence diagnosis who remain sober. Hierarchical logistic regression indicates that cyclothymic temperament predicted relapse in a 3-month follow-up. However, the coefficient was marginally significant after controlling for all potential confounding predictors. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide new insights about the role of affective temperaments in alcohol use disorders, specifically in predicting short-term relapse in detoxified male alcohol-dependent patients. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-8621",
doi="10.1002/pmh.1373",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1373"
}