PERSONALITY RISK FOR ALCOHOLISM COVARIES WITH HANGOVER SYMPTOMS

Previous work relating self-reported hangover symptoms and familial ri sk for alcoholism was extended to personality risk for alcoholism, as measured by the MacAndrew alcoholism scale (MAC). The MAC predicted a significant amount of unique variance in reported hangover symptoms af ter controlling for gender, average quantity consumed on a drinking oc casion, and fathers' scores on the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST). Individuals at elevated personality risk for alcoholism apparently experience more acute withdrawal and hangover, which may i nitiate further drinking to relieve these aversive symptoms.