Studies show there is a correlation between the personality traits of people and the use of substances (alcohol, opiates, smoking, stimulants, etc.). For example, opiate dependence has been the result of emotionally unstable people (Kornor and Nordvik 2007). Therefore, it is important to this relationship to gain a better understanding of how it affects people’s moods and behaviors.
The use of stimulants (cocaine, heroin, marijuana, cigarettes) negatively impacted the United States in the health care and law enforcement field (Terracciano, Lockenhoff, Crum, Bienvenu, & Costa 2008). Hundreds of thousands of dollars must go into the cost of treating individuals with addictions. Those individuals spend a good sum of money just fueling their addictions. …show more content…
Opioid dependent people suffer physically and psychologically. When feeling distraught, they turn to opiates because it relieves their stress. When their stress levels decrease, it gives them an incentive to continue using opiates. This can create a vicious cycle that can detrimentally affect people not only psychologically but socially as well. Personality traits found in the Big Five Inventory (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) are thought to be a good indication for addiction to opiates. Specifically in males, agreeableness is thought to be connected with opiate use. Between 2002 and 2003, a therapy based study was done to see if any significant patterns could be distinguished between personality traits and opioid dependent individuals (Kornor and Nordvik 2007). Results found could greatly improve the health care industry’s method of rehabilitation for addicts. Rehabilitation facilities value the findings researchers gather when looking at personality traits and substance use (Terracciano and Costa 2003). To be able to help addicts in an efficient manner, the rehab workers must know what factors make users to start in the first …show more content…
It is difficult to collect data on individuals using harmful substances in a concurrent manner (Schneider, Ottoni, Carvalho, Elisabetsky, Lara 2014). There are many sub-categories that go beyond merely observing traits and substance use. Therefore, it can be difficult to identify a correlation between the two. Further research can provide a better understanding of how personality is associated with substance
The use of stimulants (cocaine, heroin, marijuana, cigarettes) negatively impacted the United States in the health care and law enforcement field (Terracciano, Lockenhoff, Crum, Bienvenu, & Costa 2008). Hundreds of thousands of dollars must go into the cost of treating individuals with addictions. Those individuals spend a good sum of money just fueling their addictions. …show more content…
Opioid dependent people suffer physically and psychologically. When feeling distraught, they turn to opiates because it relieves their stress. When their stress levels decrease, it gives them an incentive to continue using opiates. This can create a vicious cycle that can detrimentally affect people not only psychologically but socially as well. Personality traits found in the Big Five Inventory (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) are thought to be a good indication for addiction to opiates. Specifically in males, agreeableness is thought to be connected with opiate use. Between 2002 and 2003, a therapy based study was done to see if any significant patterns could be distinguished between personality traits and opioid dependent individuals (Kornor and Nordvik 2007). Results found could greatly improve the health care industry’s method of rehabilitation for addicts. Rehabilitation facilities value the findings researchers gather when looking at personality traits and substance use (Terracciano and Costa 2003). To be able to help addicts in an efficient manner, the rehab workers must know what factors make users to start in the first …show more content…
It is difficult to collect data on individuals using harmful substances in a concurrent manner (Schneider, Ottoni, Carvalho, Elisabetsky, Lara 2014). There are many sub-categories that go beyond merely observing traits and substance use. Therefore, it can be difficult to identify a correlation between the two. Further research can provide a better understanding of how personality is associated with substance