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Psychological Characteristics of Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Users.
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Sigurdsson, Jon F.; Gudjonsson, Gisili H. – Journal of Adolescence, 1996
Investigates whether personality tests could differentiate between alcohol and drug users among juvenile offenders. Subjects were 108 juvenile offenders given conditional discharge. Results indicate that frequent drug and/or alcohol abusers scored lower on the Gough Socialization Scale and higher on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire lie scale.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Delinquency, Drug Abuse
Psychological Characteristics of Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Users.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sigurdsson, Jon F.; Gudjonsson, Gisli H. – Journal of Adolescence, 1996
Investigates whether personality tests can differentiate between alcohol and drug users among juvenile offenders. Subjects were 108 Icelandic juvenile offenders who had been given conditional discharge, who received the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Gough Socialisation Scale (GSS). Drug and alcohol users scored significantly lower…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Crime