Drug Use and Personality Profiles

Elaine Fehrman (), Vincent Egan (), Alexander N. Gorban (), Jeremy Levesley (), Evgeny M. Mirkes () and Awaz K. Muhammad ()
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Elaine Fehrman: Rampton Hospital, Men’s Personality Disorder and National Women’s Directorate
Vincent Egan: University of Nottingham, Department of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology
Alexander N. Gorban: University of Leicester, Department of Mathematics
Jeremy Levesley: University of Leicester, Department of Mathematics
Evgeny M. Mirkes: University of Leicester, Department of Mathematics
Awaz K. Muhammad: University of Leicester, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter 2 in Personality Traits and Drug Consumption, 2019, pp 5-33 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Drug use disorder is characterised by several terms: addiction, dependence, and abuse. We discuss the notion of psychoactive substance and relations between the existing definitions. The personality traits which may be important for predisposition to use of drugs are introduced: the Five-Factor Model, impulsivity, and sensation-seeking. A number of studies have illustrated that personality traits are associated with drug consumption. The previous pertinent results are reviewed. A database with information on 1,885 respondents and their usage of 18 drugs is introduced. The results of our study are briefly outlined: the personality traits (Five-Factor Model, impulsivity, and sensation-seeking) together with simple demographic data make possible the prediction of the risk of consumption of individual drugs; personality profiles for users of different drugs. In particular, groups of heroin and ecstasy users are significantly different; there exist three correlation pleiades of drugs. These are clusters of drugs with correlated consumption, centred around heroin, ecstasy, and benzodiazepines.

Keywords: Psychoactive drugs; Drug users; Personality traits; Five-Factor Model; Data description (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10442-9_2

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