Nixon S J, Parsons O A
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1990 Aug;14(4):513-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1990.tb01190.x.
To assess its construct validity and application, Cloninger's Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) was administered to 267 inpatient substance abusers. One hundred seventy-two of the patients were alcoholic, 47 abused stimulants, and 48 abused other drugs, primarily benzodiazepines, marijuana, or were polysubstance abusers. Of the sample 33.8% were female. Analyses were conducted to (1) determine whether TPQ scores could be used to classify alcoholics as either Cloninger Type I or Type II; (2) examine the intercorrelations of TPQ scales and identify differences in these patterns due to drug of choice; (3) replicate previously obtained gender differences on the TPQ. The results indicate that (1) TPQ scores did not classify the alcoholics into the expected frequencies for Type I and Type II; (2) the scales were not independent and did not give rise to any differences among drug user groups, but (3) did confirm previously reported gender differences. These results indicate that Cloninger's model and the TPQ must be subjected to careful empirical study prior to their widespread acceptance.
为评估其结构效度和应用情况，对267名住院药物滥用者施行了克隆宁格三维人格问卷（TPQ）。其中172名患者为酗酒者，47名滥用兴奋剂，48名滥用其他药物，主要是苯二氮卓类、大麻，或是多种药物滥用者。样本中33.8%为女性。进行了如下分析：（1）确定TPQ分数是否可用于将酗酒者分类为克隆宁格I型或II型；（2）检查TPQ各量表的相互关系，并确定因所选药物不同而导致的这些模式差异；（3）重复先前在TPQ上获得的性别差异。结果表明：（1）TPQ分数并未将酗酒者按预期频率分为I型和II型；（2）各量表并非相互独立，且未在药物使用群体间产生任何差异，但（3）确实证实了先前报告的性别差异。这些结果表明，在克隆宁格模型和TPQ被广泛接受之前，必须对其进行仔细的实证研究。
