TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Aggression, impulsivity, personality traits, and childhood trauma of prisoners with substance abuse and addiction
JO  - American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders
A1  - Cuomo, Chiara
A1  - Sarchiapone, Marco
A1  - di Giannantonio, Massimo
A1  - Mancini, M.
A1  - Roy, Alec
SP  - 339
EP  - 345
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-2990
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990802010884
ID  - ref1
ER  -