ADDICTION: Ind - Personality A03 Flashcards
Addiction Personality :)
Links to biological process / Buckholtz et al.
Addiction Personality :(
Difficult to establish cause & effect: Dong et al.
Myth of addictive personality: Eysenck / Kerr
Addiction Personality :) - links to biological process
More holistic explanation to addiction
Many of the personality traits linked to addiction show a clear relationship to dopamine functioning
Addiction Personality :) Buckoltz et al.
looked at impulsivity levels in non-addicted individuals then recorded what happened in their brains when given amphetamines
- Those with higher impulsivity showed a greater dopamine release in response to the drug as well as low receptivity
→ Impulsive people may be more likely to become addicted because they get a higher dopamine release
Addiction Personality :( Difficulty Establishing Cause & Effect
The relationship between addiction & personality is correlational
- Personality tests are given after an individual has developed an addiction
- Addiction may have made the participant more stressed / more impulsive
Addiction Personality :( - Dong et al
University students were given EPQ just after entering university & 2 years later
→ higher N & P scores were linked to addiction
→ prospective design study suggests it was cause over effect
Addiction Personality :( Myth of Addictive Personality
ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY IS MORE COMPLEX THAN IT SEEMS
Numerous traits have been linked to addiction
→ Difficult to reach a definitive conclusion about what is meant by an addictive personality
Addiction Personality :( Eyesenck
High N and P scores in criminals (not limited to just addicts)
Addiction Personality :( Kerr
Addictive personality is one of the ‘myths of addiction’
- Suggests that there are so many traits listed that would be typical of most individuals to some degree
