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- Title
Psychopathology and personality traits associated with driving while intoxicated in Beijing, China: Implications for interventions.
- Authors
Zhao, Rong‐Jiang; Sun, Wei; Zhang, Li‐Li; Bao, Yan‐Ping; Huang, Liang; Dong, Ping; Zhou, Shuang‐Jiang; Wang, Zhi‐Qing; Kosten, Thomas R.; Sun, Hong‐Qiang
- Abstract
<bold>Background and Objectives: </bold>Driving while intoxicated (DWI) represents an area of grave concern in China, yet little research has focused on it or on the personality traits and psychiatric disorders among these drivers.<bold>Methods: </bold>We enrolled 325 of 382 residents charged with DWI in a compulsory detention center in Beijing, China. And 351 male drivers who had never had any alcohol arrests as control participants. All were screened for Axis I disorders using the Chinese version of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR (SCID), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2), and the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF).<bold>Results: </bold>The subjects were all males with a mean (±SD) age of 34.41 ± 8.48 years, and almost 30% met DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence (n = 92). Compared to normal controls they showed greater Social Boldness, Abstractedness, Apprehension, Liveliness and Tension, and poorer Reasoning, Vigilance, Openness to Change, and Self-reliance. On the MMPI-2, DWI subjects showed greater Hypochondriasis, Psychopathic Deviate, Paranoia, Psychasthenia, Schizophrenia and Hypomania; and lower Social introversion.<bold>Conclusions and Scientific Significance: </bold>Severe alcohol problems are more common in Beijing's drunk drivers than in the Chinese general population. These DWI drivers also have a broad variety of traits that increase their tendency to be venturesome and socially bold while enjoying excitement and risk-taking. (Am J Addict 2017;26:374-378).
- Subjects
PATHOLOGICAL psychology; DRUNK driving; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSES; ALCOHOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology; CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders; MINNESOTA Multiphasic Personality Inventory; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-taking behavior
- Publication
American Journal on Addictions, 2017, Vol 26, Issue 4, p374
- ISSN
1055-0496
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/ajad.12536