알코올 중독 환자의 심리 유형과 임상적 특성 간의 관계에 대한 예비적 연구

A Preliminary Study on the Relation of Psychological Types and Clinical Characteristics of Alcoholics

Objectives：This study has been carried out in order to understand the degree of preference of the psychological types of the alcoholics and their sociodemographic variables and then to verify the correlation of these variables using statistical methods, which will be the preliminary keys to the dynamic understanding of the drug addiction. Methods：We have conducted a questionnaire survey of the 31 alcoholics, which had questions about MBTI and sociodemographic variables. The results were statistically analyzed using SPSS. Results：Most of the them were in their thirties, with little school background, and under poor economic condition. Many of them were second sons in their family and many of them had only mother, while father was dead. There was a relative tendency, even not so prominent in a statistical sense, that many of the alcoholics were extroverts, and that they liked thinking function, and preferred the sensing function. Conclusion：We hope that this preliminary study will be a starting point for a deeper study which will reveal the relations between the addiction to alcohol and the degree of the preference of the psychological types, stereotyping, and the dynamic meaning.