TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Adolescentes con trastorno por consumo de sustancias: Una caracterización de personalidad a través de las normas chilenas del MACI
JO  - Revista Medica de Chile
A1  - Vinet, Eugenia V.
A1  - Faúndez, Ximena
A1  - Larraguibel, Marcela
SP  - 466
EP  - 474
VL  - 137
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Adolescence is the most vulnerable development stage to start drug abuse in our country. Moreover, adolescent personality may be an individual rísk factor for drug abuse. <br><br>AIM: To characterize the personality of adolescent drug abusers using the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) and its Chilean norms. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: Adolescents consulting in a mental health facility were studied. MACI was applied to 46 subjects, aged 16 ± 1 years (30 males) with a history of drug abuse and compared with 58 peers aged 15 ± 2 years (34 males) without such history. <br><br>RESULTS: Male and female drug abuser adolescents had a transgressor type of personality. Males had a high degree of sociability and unrestrained sexuality while females present signs of sexual abuse, suicide rísk, and a more severe personality disorder. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The personality traits detected in this group of drug abuser adolescents using Chilean norms is similar to those detected abroad and should help to plan rehabilitation.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0034-9887
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -