An evaluation of relations among antisocial behavior, psychopathic traits, and alcohol problems in incarcerated men.
An evaluation of relations among antisocial behavior, psychopathic traits, and alcohol problems in incarcerated men.
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对被监禁男性的反社会行为、精神病特征和酒精问题之间关系的评估。
DOI：
10.1097/01.alc.0000023988.43694.fe
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2002
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Patrick,ChristopherJ
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Reardon,MaureenLyons;Lang,AlanR;Patrick,ChristopherJ
背景反社会行为和酒精问题之间的联系已经很好地建立起来，但精神病特征和其他因素，如饮酒模式和动机和家族史在这种关系中发挥的作用还没有受到太多的实证审查。的男性联邦惩教所囚犯参加了旨在诊断反社会人格障碍的结构化访谈并根据修订版黑尔精神病检查表（Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised）的定义，评估精神病人格的各个方面。囚犯还完成了自我报告的问卷调查，解决酒精使用，饮酒问题，饮酒的动机，和父亲的酗酒history.ResultsAnalyses显示，反社会行为和酒精问题之间的关系是由精神病的情感分离成分的分数，为了应对负面情绪而饮酒的自我描述介导了反社会和自我报告的酒精之间的正相关这些发现突出了反社会和饮酒问题之间联系的复杂性，并鼓励考虑精神病的不同方面，以加强对它的理解。他们进一步提出了可能的机制（例如，父亲酗酒史，应对动机），这可能有助于发展和维持酒精问题的犯罪人口。
BackgroundThe association between antisocial behavior and alcohol problems is well established, but the role that psychopathic traits and other factors such as drinking patterns and motives and family history play in this relationship has not been subjected to much empirical scrutiny.MethodsA large sample (n= 329) of male Federal Correctional Institution inmates participated in structured interviews designed to permit diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder and to assess facets of psychopathic personality as defined by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist–Revised. Prisoners also completed self‐report questionnaires that addressed alcohol use, drinking problems, motives for drinking, and paternal alcoholism history.ResultsAnalyses revealed that the relation between antisocial behavior and alcohol problems was moderated by scores on the emotional detachment component of psychopathy, and that self‐descriptions of drinking for the purpose of coping with negative emotions mediated the positive relation between antisociality and self‐reported alcohol problems.ConclusionsThese findings highlight complexities in the link between antisociality and drinking problems and encourage consideration of distinct facets of psychopathy to enhance understanding of it. They further suggest possible mechanisms (e.g., paternal alcoholism history, coping motives) that may contribute to the development and maintenance of alcohol problems in criminal populations.