TRIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY-TRAITS IN SONS OF ALCOHOLIC AND NONALCOHOLIC FATHERS

Authors
HOWARD MO COWLEY DS ROYBYRNE PP HOPFENBECK JR
Citation
Mo. Howard et al., TRIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY-TRAITS IN SONS OF ALCOHOLIC AND NONALCOHOLIC FATHERS, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 20(3), 1996, pp. 445-448
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse
Journal title
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01456008
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
445 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-6008(1996)20:3<445:TPISOA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Sons of alcoholics (SOAs; n = 27) and sons of nonalcoholics (SONAs; n = 23) were compared across Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (T PQ) and Sensation Seeking scales and measures of plasma homovanillic a cid and platelet monoamine oxidase activity. SOAs and SONAs did not di ffer significantly on any measure. The pattern of correlations between TPQ and Sensation Seeking scales provided some support for the constr uct validity of TPQ measures. Scores on the TPQ Novelty Seeking scale and platelet monoamine oxidase activity were significantly inversely a ssociated (r = -0.52, p < 0.02) among SOAs, but not among SONAs (r = - 0.06).