TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Hopelessness, temperament, and health perception in heroin addicts
JO  - Journal of addictive diseases
A1  - Iliceto, Paolo
A1  - Pompili, Maurizio
A1  - Girardi, Paolo
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - Vincenti, Caterina
A1  - Rihmer, Zoltan
A1  - Tatarelli, Roberto
A1  - Akiskal, Hagop S.
SP  - 352
EP  - 358
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
N2  - The aim of this study was to investigate temperament, hopelessness (a measure of suicide risk), and health perception in heroin addicts. The study involved the administration of the TEMPS-A Rome, the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), the MINI Neuropsychiatric Interview, and the Multidimensional Health Questionnaire. Participants were 100 heroin addicts who were matched by age and sex with 100 randomly selected non-users. Heroin addicts obtained higher scores on TEMPS-A Dys/Cyc/Anx temperament and on the irritable temperament. In the heroin addicts, anxiety, depression, preoccupation with health, health illness self-blame, health monitoring, and negative thinking about health were positively associated with hopelessness, dysthymic/anxious/cyclothymic temperament, and irritable temperament. Motivation to avoid unhealthiness, health assertiveness, health expectation optimism, and health satisfaction were negatively associated with hopelessness, dysthymic/anxious/cyclothymic temperament, and irritable temperament. More knowledge on health attitudes in heroin addicts may help in delivering a treatment plan for this selective population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-0887
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2010.489448
ID  - ref1
ER  -