Page No 107-114
Charu Dubey, Meenakshi Arora, Sanjay Gupta, and Bipin Kumar
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
Substance abuse is a multi-etiological, multi-dimensional and a worldwide problem
with an alarming increase in its incidences. The present study investigates the
personality traits of substance abusers as compared with non-substance abusers
by using the NEO-Five Factor Inventory. The sample consists of substance abusers
(N=100) along with non-substance abusers (N=100). In terms of Five Factor model
of Personality Taxonomy, the present study revealed that substance abused group
scored higher on Neuroticism and Extraversion dimensions, whereas non-substance
abusers significantly scored higher on Openness and Conscientiousness dimensions
of Big-Five. No significant difference was obtained on Agreeableness domain of
personality
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