TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Psychopathology and personality traits associated with driving while intoxicated in Beijing, China: implications for interventions
JO  - American journal on addictions
A1  - Zhao, Rong-Jiang
A1  - Sun, Wei
A1  - Zhang, Li-Li
A1  - Bao, Yan-Ping
A1  - Huang, Liang
A1  - Dong, Ping
A1  - Zhou, Shuang-Jiang
A1  - Wang, Zhi-qing
A1  - Kosten, Thomas R.
A1  - Sun, Hong-Qiang
SP  - 374
EP  - 378
VL  - 26
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Driving while intoxicated (DWI) represents an area of grave concern in China, yet little research has focused on it or on the personality traits and psychiatric disorders among these drivers. <br><br>METHODS: We enrolled 325 of 382 residents charged with DWI in a compulsory detention center in Beijing, China. And 351 male drivers who had never had any alcohol arrests as control participants. All were screened for Axis I disorders using the Chinese version of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR (SCID), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2), and the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). <br><br>RESULTS: The subjects were all males with a mean (±SD) age of 34.41 ± 8.48 years, and almost 30% met DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence (n = 92). Compared to normal controls they showed greater Social Boldness, Abstractedness, Apprehension, Liveliness and Tension, and poorer Reasoning, Vigilance, Openness to Change, and Self-reliance. On the MMPI-2, DWI subjects showed greater Hypochondriasis, Psychopathic Deviate, Paranoia, Psychasthenia, Schizophrenia and Hypomania; and lower Social introversion. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Severe alcohol problems are more common in Beijing's drunk drivers than in the Chinese general population. These DWI drivers also have a broad variety of traits that increase their tendency to be venturesome and socially bold while enjoying excitement and risk-taking. (Am J Addict 2017;XX:1-5).<br><br>Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-0496
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12536
ID  - ref1
ER  -