OBJECTIVES: Our study first objective is the evaluation of the attachment to partner and affective temperamental traits in alcohol addicted patients; the second objective is the evaluation of differences between alcohol addicted patients of type 1 and 2 according to Cloninger and Sullivan. METHODS: The sample is composed of 40 adult patients with a alcohol addiction diagnosis enrolled at the Alcoholic Service of the Viterbo "Villa Rosa" Nursing Home. Patients have been submitted the semistructured interviews SCID I and SCID II and the self submitted TCI-R test. Furthermore they have completed the TEMPS-A (Temperament Evaluation Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego) and the ECR (Experiences in Close Relationships). RESULTS: The attachment profile shows that 50% of patients have an insecure type of attachment so distributed: 25.5% of patients show a preoccupied type of attachment, 17.5% appear dismissing and 7.5% fearful. As for the affective temperament we observed a major frequency of elevated scores of Hyperthymic TEMPS-A (OR = 1.68; p < 0.01) compared to controls. At last type 2 compared to type 1 is characterized by a more elevated mid scores presence at the Avoiding dimension of Scale ECR. CONCLUSIONS: The alcohol addicted patients sample mainly show an attachment of insecure type and, with major frequency, a hyperthymic temperament. Moreover in type 2 patients there is a prevalence of the avoiding dimension in intimate relationships.

Harnic, D., Digiacomantonio, V., Innamorati, M., Mazza, M., Di Marzo, S., Sacripanti, F., Saioni, R., Cardella, A., Di Felice, C., Girardi, P., Janiri, L., Temperament and attachment in alcohol addicted patients of type 1 and 2, <<RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA>>, 2010; 45 (5): 311-319 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/13609]

Temperament and attachment in alcohol addicted patients of type 1 and 2

Harnic, Desiree;Mazza, Marianna;Janiri, Luigi
2010

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Our study first objective is the evaluation of the attachment to partner and affective temperamental traits in alcohol addicted patients; the second objective is the evaluation of differences between alcohol addicted patients of type 1 and 2 according to Cloninger and Sullivan. METHODS: The sample is composed of 40 adult patients with a alcohol addiction diagnosis enrolled at the Alcoholic Service of the Viterbo "Villa Rosa" Nursing Home. Patients have been submitted the semistructured interviews SCID I and SCID II and the self submitted TCI-R test. Furthermore they have completed the TEMPS-A (Temperament Evaluation Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego) and the ECR (Experiences in Close Relationships). RESULTS: The attachment profile shows that 50% of patients have an insecure type of attachment so distributed: 25.5% of patients show a preoccupied type of attachment, 17.5% appear dismissing and 7.5% fearful. As for the affective temperament we observed a major frequency of elevated scores of Hyperthymic TEMPS-A (OR = 1.68; p < 0.01) compared to controls. At last type 2 compared to type 1 is characterized by a more elevated mid scores presence at the Avoiding dimension of Scale ECR. CONCLUSIONS: The alcohol addicted patients sample mainly show an attachment of insecure type and, with major frequency, a hyperthymic temperament. Moreover in type 2 patients there is a prevalence of the avoiding dimension in intimate relationships.
2010
Italiano
Harnic, D., Digiacomantonio, V., Innamorati, M., Mazza, M., Di Marzo, S., Sacripanti, F., Saioni, R., Cardella, A., Di Felice, C., Girardi, P., Janiri, L., Temperament and attachment in alcohol addicted patients of type 1 and 2, <<RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA>>, 2010; 45 (5): 311-319 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/13609]
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