%0 Journal Article
%T Aggression, impulsivity, personality traits, and childhood trauma of prisoners with substance abuse and addiction
%J American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders
%D 2008
%A Cuomo, Chiara
%A Sarchiapone, Marco
%A di Giannantonio, Massimo
%A Mancini, M.
%A Roy, Alec
%V 34
%N 3
%P 339-345
%X INTRODUCTION: The aim of our study is then to analyze psychological and judicial features of a subgroup of inmates with substance abuse. METHODS: Prisoners with substance abuse (n = 312) were compared to prisoners without substance abuse (n = 591). Recruited inmates completed a semistructured interview for collection of sociodemographic and judicial data and a battery of psychometric tests for assessement of aggression, impulsivity, depression, personality traits, hostility, resilience, and childhood trauma. RESULTS: Substance abusers had on average multiple incarcerations (78.8%), more juvenile convictions (60.2%), more violent behaviors during detention (29.8%), and a history of one or more suicide attempts (20.8%). They also had higher scores on subscales for childhood trauma, higher scores for psychoticism and neuroticism, higher impulsivity levels, worse resilience, increased hostility, and prevalent suicidal ideation. CONCLUSION: Prisoners with substance abuse constitute a subgroup with increased judiciary and psychiatric issues, possibly due to early life history and psychological characteristics, such as high impulsivity and aggressiveness, poor resilience, and higher suicidal risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0095-2990
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990802010884