Personality characteristics and coping styles in patients with mental disorder due to use of alcohol

Objective:To explore the relationship between the personality characteristics and coping styles in patients with mental disorder due to use of alcohol. Method:55 cases of chronic alcoholism(study group) and 43 cases of local citizens without a history of alcohol abuse(control group) were surveyed with coping style questionnaire(CSQ) and Eysenck personality questionnaire(EPQ) ,the relevant factors were analysed. Results:Compared with the control group,the predominate personality characteristics of the study group were psychoticism.There were satistically significant in EPQ score of psychoticism(t=4.75,P0.001) ,neuroticism(t=4.95,P0.001) and lie(t=-2.47,P0.015) except introvision-extrovision factors.Compared the CSQ score between the two group,the coping styles of study group were immature,with characteristic of higher scores in retreat(t= 9.08,P=0.000) and mirage(t= 10.33,P=0.000) and self-accusation(t =8.74,P=0.000) .In the study group,neuroticism was positively correlated with rationalization(r=0.263,P0.05) and self-accusation(r=0.298,P0.05) ,introvision-extrovision was significant positively correlated with solve difficulty(r=0.532,P0.01) and assistance(r=0.582,P0.01) ,psychoticism was negatively correlated with solve difficulty(r=-0.270,P0.05) . Conclusion:Coping styles in patients with mental disorder due to use of alcohol were affected by immature personality characteristics.To promote sound personal qualities can help patients improve their stress level.