Personality Risk Factors

Question 0

What is extraversion?

Answer 0

People who are chronically under-aroused and bored and seek attention

Question 1

3 sections of Eysenck’s study?

Answer 1

Extraversion/Introversion
Neuroticism
Psychoticism

Question 2

What are neuroticism?

Answer 2

People with high anxiety or depression

Question 3

What is psychoticism?

Answer 3

People with an impulsive personality

Question 4

Limitation of Bloszczynski study?

Answer 4

Bias sample
Rare to get female gamblers
Males less likely to seek help

Question 5

What are risk factors?

Answer 5

Factors that can influence addiction

The vulnerability to addiction

Question 6

What did Rounsaville find?

Answer 6

A strong link between anti-social personality disorder and alcoholism

Question 7

How many addicts did Gossop and Eysenck study?

Answer 7

Over 200

Question 8

How were the addicts assessed in Gossop and Eysenck study?

Answer 8

Using the Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ)

Question 9

What did Gossop and Eysenck find?

Answer 9

Association between both neuroticism and psychoticism and addiction. Scores on extraversion were low

Question 10

Problem with a longitudinal study?

Answer 10

High attrition rates

Question 11

What’s a positive of the Spanish adolescent study?

Answer 11

Supports idea that personality pre-dates addiction rather than addiction altering personality

Question 12

What type of theory was did Eysenck do?

Answer 12

A biologically-based theory of personality

Question 13

Which study did Bloszczynski replicate?

Answer 13

Gossop and Eysenck

Question 14

General weaknesses of personality risk factor?

Answer 14

Cause and effect
Self report measures
Correlation all findings
Psychoticism very broad, not clear what is harmful

Question 15

What age were the participants Francis tested?

Answer 15

13-15

Question 16

How were the participants tested in Francis study?

Answer 16

Junior EPQ

Question 17

What did Francis find?

Answer 17

Association between psychoticism and attitudes to substance abuse.

Question 18

What gene is known for causing addiction?

Answer 18

NRXN3

Question 19

Study researching genes and personality?

Answer 19

Stortenberg et al

Question 20

How many students and what sample method was used for Stottenberg’s study?

Answer 20

439 students

Volunteer sample

Question 21

Method of Stottenberg’s study?

Answer 21

Took swabs of participants to check for gene, tested impulsivity via estimating a passage of time.

Question 22

Stottenberg’s findings?

Answer 22

Males with gene 2.5x increased risk of alcohol problems.
Females unaffected by gene
Highlights complexity of genes, personality and addiction

Question 23

Which supporting study used rats?

Answer 23

Belin et al

Question 24

What did Belin et al do with rats?

Answer 24

Put them in device so they could self-administer doses of cocaine.
One group extraverts, one group psychoticism.

Question 25

What did Belin et al find?

Answer 25

Extraverts = immediately started taking large doses of cocaine.
Psychoticism = started with lower doses but the ones to become addicted

Question 26

Study linking with phone addiction?

Answer 26

Takao et al

Question 27

What did Takao look at?

Answer 27

Relationship between personality and problem mobile phone use.

Question 28

Takao method of his study?

Answer 28

Issued questionnaires to over 400 students

Question 29

What did Takao find?

Answer 29

The problematic phone user tended to be low in self-esteem and high in self-monitoring

Question 30

What did Takao study support?

Answer 30

That people who become addicted share certain personality characteristic