The relevance of personality traits in impulsivity-related disorders

Background and aims. The main aim of this study was to analyze and describe the clinical characteristics and shared personality traits in different impulsivity-compulsivity spectrum disorders: substance use disorders (SUD), gambling disorder (GD), and bulimia nervosa (BN). The specific aims were to...

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Authors: Del Pino Gutiérrez, Amparo|||0000-0002-2854-9850, Jiménez Murcia, Susana|||0000-0002-3596-8033, Fernández Aranda, Fernando|||0000-0002-2968-9898, Agüera, Zaida|||0000-0003-4453-4939, Granero, Roser|||0000-0001-6308-3198, Håkansson, Anders|||0000-0002-5800-8975, Fagundo, Ana Beatriz|||0000-0003-1703-9457, Bolao, Ferran|||0000-0002-9104-6615, Valdepérez, Ana, Mestre-Bach, Gemma|||0000-0001-5345-0484, Steward, Trevor|||0000-0003-3116-8175, Penelo Werner, Eva|||0000-0001-6796-7660, Moragas, Laura|||0000-0001-5235-7026, Aymamí, Neus|||0000-0002-4607-9565, Gomez-Peña, Monica|||0000-0001-6194-8266, Rigol Cuadra, Assumpta, Martín-Romera, Virginia, Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel|||0000-0002-6231-6524
Format: article
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:181107
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/181107
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1556/2006.6.2017.051
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bulimia nervosa
Dual disorders
Gambling disorder
Impulsivity
Personality
Substance use disorders
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Summary:Background and aims. The main aim of this study was to analyze and describe the clinical characteristics and shared personality traits in different impulsivity-compulsivity spectrum disorders: substance use disorders (SUD), gambling disorder (GD), and bulimia nervosa (BN). The specific aims were to compare personality differences among individuals with pure SUD, BN with and without SUD, and GD with and without SUD. In addition, we assessed the differential predictive capacity of clinical and personality variables in relation to diagnostic subtype. Methods. The sample comprised 998 subjects diagnosed according to DSM-IV-TR criteria: 101 patients were diagnosed with SUD, 482 with GD, 359 with BN, 11 with GD + SUD, and 45 patients with BN + SUD. Various assessment instruments were administered, as well as other clinical measures, to evaluate their predictive capacity. Results. Marked differences in personality traits were observed between groups. Novelty seeking, harm avoidance, self-directedness, cooperation, and self-transcendence best differentiated the groups. Notably, novelty seeking was significantly higher in the two dual pathology subgroups. Patients with dual pathology showed the most dysfunctional personality profiles. Discussion and conclusion. Our results indicate the existence of shared dysfunctional personality traits among the groups studied, especially in novelty seeking and self-directedness.

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