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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | e188-e189 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Drug and Alcohol Dependence |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue number | 0 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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Mood, alexithymia, dispositional mindfulness, sensitivity to reward and punishment, frontal systems functioning and impulsivity in clients undergoing treatment for substance use disorders. / Lyvers, Michael F.; Hinton, Rachel; Edwards, Mark; Thorberg, Fred.
In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 146, No. 0, 2015, p. e188-e189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Mood, alexithymia, dispositional mindfulness, sensitivity to reward and punishment, frontal systems functioning and impulsivity in clients undergoing treatment for substance use disorders
AU - Lyvers, Michael F.
AU - Hinton, Rachel
AU - Edwards, Mark
AU - Thorberg, Fred
N1 - Abstract only published. This research was funded by a Bond University Vice-Chancellor's Research Grant.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Aims: Mood and presumed sub-cortical and frontal lobe related traits were assessed in 100 in-patients undergoing treatment for substance use disorders and in a community control sample of 107 social drinkers. Methods: Participants completed self-report measures of mood, alexithymia, dispositional mindfulness, frontal systems functioning, impulsivity, sensitivity to rewards and punishments, alcohol use, illicit drug use and demographic characteristics. Results: Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) controlling for age, education, previous serious head injury and gender revealed highly significant differences (p < .0001) between clinical and control groups on all dependent measures. The clinical group scored significantly higher on depression, anxiety, stress, alexithymia, frontal systems dysfunction, reward sensitivity, punishment sensitivity and impulsivity, and lower on dispositional mindfulness, than the control group. Time in treatment was significantly correlated only with levels of depression, anxiety and stress, supporting the relative stability of the trait measures. Conclusions: Results are consistent with the notion that substance use disorders are linked to frontal lobe dysfunction and associated traits, although the current findings cannot determine whether such characteristics predated or post-dated disordered substance use.
AB - Aims: Mood and presumed sub-cortical and frontal lobe related traits were assessed in 100 in-patients undergoing treatment for substance use disorders and in a community control sample of 107 social drinkers. Methods: Participants completed self-report measures of mood, alexithymia, dispositional mindfulness, frontal systems functioning, impulsivity, sensitivity to rewards and punishments, alcohol use, illicit drug use and demographic characteristics. Results: Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) controlling for age, education, previous serious head injury and gender revealed highly significant differences (p < .0001) between clinical and control groups on all dependent measures. The clinical group scored significantly higher on depression, anxiety, stress, alexithymia, frontal systems dysfunction, reward sensitivity, punishment sensitivity and impulsivity, and lower on dispositional mindfulness, than the control group. Time in treatment was significantly correlated only with levels of depression, anxiety and stress, supporting the relative stability of the trait measures. Conclusions: Results are consistent with the notion that substance use disorders are linked to frontal lobe dysfunction and associated traits, although the current findings cannot determine whether such characteristics predated or post-dated disordered substance use.
U2 - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.428
DO - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.428
M3 - Comment/debate
VL - 146
SP - e188-e189
JO - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
JF - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
SN - 0376-8716
IS - 0
ER -