Personalidad de adolescentes en proceso de rehabilitación de drogas

Abstract

The present investigation raised the objectives to identify and describe the most relevant personality traits in male adolescents in the process of rehabilitation of drug abuse or dependence of substances, also identified the types of drugs frequently consumed, and made the association between the traits and the predominant drug consumption. Attended by 45 young men with a diagnosis of drug abuse or dependence, with a process of placement in a rehabilitation center, with ages between 14 and 18 years. For this research data was used: The Clinical Inventory for adolescents, MACI, Spanish adaptation, which conducted the evaluation of the personality and a questionnaire on drug consumption in adolescents to identify the types of drugs that are consumed with greater frequency. The results confirm the existence of dominant personality traits in adolescents, these being the Rebel and Rude traits (antisocial personality). It has also been found a high prevalence of cannabis and cocaine base, substances that are consumed mostly by teenagers with these personality characteristics.