알콜리즘환자의 인격특성에 관한 연구 一MMPI를 중심으로 ᅳ

The Personality Characteristics of the Alcoholic Patient

In this study, it was attempted to reveal the personality characteristics of the alcoholic inpatients in comparison with the normal drinkers, who were divided in habitual drinkers and social drinkers by the use of the MAST, in the study of the MMPI, SDS, and SAS. There were finally included 4 Ocases of alcoholic inpatients, 57 cases of habitual drinkers, and 34 cases of social drinkers in this study. The results were as follows. 1. As to the mean age of each three groups, the alcoholic inpatients were 37.5, the habitual drinkers were 33.8, and the social drinkers were31. 2. As to the number of drinking episode, the alcoholic inpatients drank more frequently than the habitual drinkers and the social drinkers. 3. As to the hand tremor and the black out episodes, the alcoholic inpatients experienced more frequently than the habitual drinkers and social drinkers. 4. As to the score of the MAST, the alcoholic inpatients had the range of the score from 15 to 52 with the mean score of 32, and the normal drinkers had the range of the score from 0 to 24 with the mean score of 7.25. 5. It was revealed that comparing with the habitual drinkers and the social drinkers, the alcoholic inpatients had the following characteristics in the MMPI. 1) In the validity scales, the alcoholicinpatients had the inverted V shape in comparison with the V shape of the habitual drinkers and the social drinkers, and had the more elevated F score and the more depressed K score than the habitual drinkers and the social drinkers. 2) In the clinical scales, the alcoholic inpatients had the more elevated t-score of the Pd, Pa, and scale. 3) In the two digit high point code types, 4-9/ 9-4 code type was appeared more frequently in the alcoholic inpatients. 4) In the study scales, A .I and I.R, there were no differences among the three groups. In the SDS and SAS, there were no differences among the three groups. It was concluded that the alcoholic inpatients had the more paculiar personality characterstics than the normal drinkers.