Empirical Identification of Drug Abuse Prone Individuals Using Interval Banded Profile Analysis.

Huba, G. J.; Zachary, Robert A.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Empirical Identification of Drug Abuse Prone Individuals Using Interval Banded Profile Analysis.

Huba, G. J.; Zachary, Robert A.

Journal of Drug Education, v16 n1 p75-82 1986

Shows how an empirical profile matching procedure applied to the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) of a client can be used to quantify the degree to which the client's personality profile is representative of a drug abusing group. Supplementary techniques show how reliable this judgment is and isolate reasons for discrepancies. (Author/ABB)

Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, High Risk Persons, Identification, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits, Profiles, Use Studies

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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