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Peer reviewedSigurdsson, 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
