TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Personality predictors of drinking outcomes in depressed alcohol-dependent patients
JO  - Alcohol and alcoholism
A1  - Foulds, James A.
A1  - Mulder, Roger T.
A1  - Newton-Howes, Giles
A1  - Adamson, Simon J.
A1  - Boden, Joseph M.
A1  - Sellman, J. Douglas
SP  - 296
EP  - 301
VL  - 51
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-0414
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv122
ID  - ref1
ER  -