Original scientific paper

FIVE-FACTOR MODEL PERSONALITY PROFILES: THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND OPIATE ADDICTION AMONG FEMALES

Diana Raketic ; Specialized Hospital for Addiction Diseases in Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Jasmina V. Barisic ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Snezana M. Svetozarevic ; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Tatjana Gazibara ; Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Darija Kisic Tepavcevic ; Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade Serbia
Srdjan D. Milovanovic ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade Serbia

Abstract

Background: The prevalence of female alcohol and substance abusers has markedly increased. The main objective of this
research was to explore personality profiles among females who had alcohol and opiate dependence.
Aim: The aim of the study is to analyse if there is differences in personality profiles of females addicted to alcohol and opiates.
We hypothesized that there might be significant differences in personality profiles among subgroups of women who present with
alcohol and opiate use disorders.
Subjects and methods: Of 157 consecutive women with diagnosis of alcohol/opiate addiction, 62 fulfilled following inclusion
criteria: age 19-45 years, abstinence from alcohol and opiates for at least 10 days prior to enrollment. Alcohol-dependent group
consisted of 30 females, while opiate-dependent group consisted of 32 females. The control group involved 30 age-matched randomly
chosen healthy women. The data were collected using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R). The multiple stepwise discriminant
analysis was used to determine relations between personality traits and the probability of belonging to one of the study groups.
Results: Significant differences in the NEO-PI-R scores were observed between groups for all main personality traits except for
Openness to Experience. Compared with controls, substance-dependent women scored significantly higher on Neuroticism and lower
on Conscientiousness. Opiate-dependent females scored the highest on Neuroticism and on Extraversion and lowest on
Agreeableness and on Conscientiousness. Alcohol-dependent females scored higher on Conscientiousness and lower on Neuroticism
compared to opiate-dependent women.
Conclusions: The results of our study confirmed significant characteristics in personality profiles among females with alcohol
and opiate dependence, as well as the difference between these two groups of substance abusers and their healthy controls. The
distinct personality characteristics among different groups of substance addicted women should be taken into account when creating
the most effective program of prevention and therapeutic approaches in this specific cohort.

Keywords

addiction; females; five-factor model

Hrčak ID:

178608

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/178608

Publication date:

20.3.2017.

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