Drugs and Personality: Extraversion-Introversion.

Spotts, James V.; Shontz, Franklin C.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Drugs and Personality: Extraversion-Introversion.

Spotts, James V.; Shontz, Franklin C.

Journal of Clinical Psychology, v40 n2 p624-28 Mar 1984

Administered the Eysenck Personality Inventory as part of a larger battery of tests to chronic users of drugs (N=43) to determine how drug use influences personality. Results showed that cocaine and opiates users were more introverted; and amphetamine users, barbiturates users and nonusers were more extraverted. (LLL)

Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Influences, Males, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Eysenck Personality Inventory

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