@article{ref1,
title="Adolescentes con trastorno por consumo de sustancias: Una caracterización de personalidad a través de las normas chilenas del MACI",
journal="Revista Medica de Chile",
year="2009",
author="Vinet, Eugenia V. and Faúndez, Ximena and Larraguibel, Marcela",
volume="137",
number="4",
pages="466-474",
abstract="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>",
language="es",
issn="0034-9887",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}