Tridimensional personality traits in sons of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fathers.

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01073.x

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Tridimensional personality traits in sons of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fathers.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 May 1996

Howard M O, Cowley D S, Roy-Byrne P P, Hopfenbeck J R

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Sons of alcoholics (SOAs; n = 27) and sons of nonalcoholics (SONAs; n = 23) were compared across Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) and Sensation Seeking scales and measures of plasma homovanillic acid and platelet monoamine oxidase activity. SOAs and SONAs did not differ significantl...

Topics

Adult
Alcoholism
Arousal
Blood Platelets
Child of Impaired Parents
Homovanillic Acid
Humans
Male
Monoamine Oxidase
Personality Inventory
Phenotype
Risk Factors

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