Temperament and Character in Treatment Seeking Opioid Dependent Patients and their Personality Correlates

Personality plays a key role on development of behaviour and in habit formations. Many mental health problems can be conceptualize in the frame of personality formation and manifestations of presently traits/character. Present study aims to study temperament and character in treatment seeking opioid dependents patients. The sample of present study consist of 117 cases. The clinical group of 100 subjects diagnosed cases of opioid dependence were included and 70 subject normal control were included in the present study. Before inclusion in the study control group was screened on General Health Questionnaire (GHQ - 5). Both groups were assessed with Temperament and Character Inventory. Mean, SD and t test was calculated. Result suggests Opioid dependent patients in general were characterized by high novelty seeking & self transcendence and low self-directedness & cooperativeness. Findings of the present study were concluded with that Opioid dependent have specific personality traits in comparison to normal control.