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- Title
Ayaktan Basvuruda Bulunan Alkol Kötüye Kullanan Erkek Hastalarda İmpulsivite - Bir Ön Çalısma.
- Authors
Guleç, Hüseyin
- Abstract
Objectives: The present study aimed to assess the existence and relation with impulsivity-related characteristics of impulsivity in patients with Alcohol Abuse (AA). Methods: The study was carried out in the Erenköy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases. All consecutive patients gave written informed consent. The subjects were evaluated by using the Turkish version of the Barratt Impulsivity Scale-11 (T-BIS-11), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised-Abbreviated Form, Aggressions Questionnaire, Spielberger State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory and sociodemographic data form. Results: Patients with AA had higher impulsivity, aggression and anger scores than controls. Impulsiveness showed positive correlations with all the impulsivity-related scales. Discussion and Conclusion: Patients with AA have shown problems of impulsivity, aggression and anger. These findings also depend on relation with each others. Impulsiveness among alcohol abusers needs further evaluation.
- Subjects
PEOPLE with alcoholism; IMPULSIVE personality; AGGRESSION (Psychology); ANGER; OUTPATIENT medical care; MAUDSLEY personality inventory
- Publication
Yeni Symposium, 2010, Vol 48, Issue 2, p102
- ISSN
1300-8773
- Publication type
Article