Application of Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) to drug abuser adolescents Adolescentes con trastorno por consumo de sustancias: Una caracterización de personalidad a través de las normas chilenas del MACI
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Vinet, Eugenia V.
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Faúndez, Ximena
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Larraguibel, Marcela
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2019-03-11T12:57:41Z
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2019-03-11T12:57:41Z
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2009
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Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 137, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 466-474
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00349887
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07176163
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/164807
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Background: Adolescence is the most vulnerable development stage to start drug abuse in our country. Moreover, adolescent personality may be an individual risk factor for drug abuse. Aim: To characterize the personality of adolescent drug abusers using the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) and its Chilean norms. Patients and methods: Adolescents consulting in a mental health facility were studied. MACI was applied to 46 subjects, aged 16 ± 1 years (30 males) with a history of drug abuse and compared with 58 peers aged 15 ± 2 years (34 males) without such history. Results: Male and female drug abuser adolescents had a transgressor type of personality. Males had a high degree of sociability and unrestrained sexuality while females present signs of sexual abuse, suicide risk, and a more severe personality disorder. Conclusions: The personality traits detected in this group of drug abuser adolescents using Chilean norms is similar to those detected abroad and should help to plan
Application of Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) to drug abuser adolescents Adolescentes con trastorno por consumo de sustancias: Una caracterización de personalidad a través de las normas chilenas del MACI