Investigation the role of personality factors as the predictors of tendency to addiction

Abstract

Introduction & objectives

For better understanding of the effective factors in tendency to addiction the research aimed to test this question that are there specific personality characters that lead to addiction?

Methods

153 addicted people and 153 nonaddicted people were randomly selected and Mochioly’s Characterlogy Inventory (MCI) was administered on them. The inventory assess personality based on eight characters: sanguine, indifferent, nervous, indolent, indignant, passionate, sentimentee, amorphous.

Results

Findings showed addicted people are much more indifferent, sanguine and passionate than nonaddicted people.

Conclusions

In regard to people with these characters are much more at risk, they should be trained with special plans and be cared so that tendency to addiction in them decrease or control.