A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MALADAPTIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AMONG PERSONS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

Abstract

Objective: The present study was undertaken to examine the prevalence of
demographics characteristics and maladaptive personality traits among persons
with substance use disorders.
Design of Study: quantitative research design/descriptive study
Place and Duration of study: Data was collected from different rehabilitation
centers of Karachi from September 2024-May 2025.
Sample and Method: A sample of 324, mean age (
was
drawn purposively from different rehabilitation centers of Karachi. Demogtraphic
form and Personality Inventory for DSM-5 -Adult were administered.
Result and Conclusion: Results showed that highest prevalence of substance use
is between the age group of 25 to 35, most reported gender was male who were
under matriculation, belonged to lower socioeconomic status, and were single and
first born. The scores on the traits of negative affect, detachment, antagonism and
disinhibition are almost normally distributed except psychoticism, where the data
is highly positively skewed means the scores of the sample were low on the trait of
psychoticism. The study proved that persons with SUDs score on labile
personality traits, particularly negative affect and disinhibition which makes
imperative that early intervention should be designed to detect labile personality
traits to design preventive strategies.