A cross-sectional study of personality traits in women previously treated or untreated for alcohol use disorders

Table 4 Overview of personality traits in treated and untreated women diagnosed with AUD. Total sample n = 1,339, reference population without AUD n = 1,122.

	Personality traits	Life time psychiatric diagnoses DSM-III-R n = 217	Treated/untreated women with lifetime AUD n = 217	Personality traits	Treated/untreated women with lifetime AUD Resolved n = 123	Personality traits
Women diagnosed with lifetime AUD n = 217 †	↑impulsiveness ↑somatic anxiety ↑psychic anxiety ↑tension ↑psychastenia ↑monotony avoidance ↑aggression ↑guilt ↑suspicion ↑verbal aggression ↑indirect aggression ↓socialization	Anxiety 36 % Depression 21 %	Treated n = 42 ††	↑somatic anxiety ↑tension ↑guilt	Treated n = 23 †††	↑somatic anxiety ↑psychic anxiety ↑irritability ↑tension ↑guilt
			Untreated n = 175	Resembles the reference population	Untreated n= 100 ††††	↑somatic anxiety ↑psychic anxiety ↑monotony avoidance ↑psychastenia ↑impulsiveness ↑irritability ↓socialization

† = significant differences between the reference population (n = 1,122) and women diagnosed with lifetime AUD (n = 217).
††= significant differences between treated (n = 42) and untreated (n = 175) women with AUD.
†††= significant differences between treated (n = 23) and untreated (n = 100) women with resolved AUD.
†††= significant differences between untreated women with resolved AUD (n = 100) and the reference population (n = 1,122).

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