Predicting problematic alcohol use with the DSM-5 alternative model of personality pathology.

ABSTRACT: High comorbidity between personality disorders and alcohol use disorders appears related to individual differences in underlying personality dimensions of behavioral undercontrol and affective dysregulation. However, very little is known about how the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition; DSM-5) Section III trait model of personality pathology relates to alcohol problems or how the strength of the relationship between personality pathology and alcohol problems changes with age and across gender. The current study examined these questions in a sample of 877 participants using the General Assessment of Personality Disorder to assess general personality dysfunction, the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 to measure specific traits, and the Alcohol Use Disorder Ident

SUBMITTER: Creswell KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4710566 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature