Citation

Evren C, Sar V, Dalbudak E. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2008; 64(6): 717-727.

Affiliation

Bakirkoy State Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul. cuneytevren@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.20485

PMID

18384114

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine possible relationships of pathological dissociation with temperament, character, and concurrent psychopathological features in a consecutive series of male alcohol-dependent patients. Fifty-eight patients with pathological dissociation were compared with 118 nondissociative patients classified by dissociative taxon membership. Beside higher scores on anxiety, depression, and alcoholism scales, a larger proportion of dissociative group reported childhood abuse, suicide attempts, and self-mutilation than did the nondissociative group. They also had higher scores of novelty seeking and harm avoidance, but lower scores of persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness. Trait anxiety, depression, and severity of alcoholism predicted dissociative experiences; however, none of the temperament or character measures did. Rather than being a derivative of temperament or character features, dissociative experiences of male alcohol-dependent patients are associated with overall concurrent psychopathology.

Language: en