سمات الشخصية لدى الشباب المدمن على المخدرات في المجتمع الجزائري : دراسة ميدانية بمصلحة مكافحة الإدمان-المؤسسة الاستشفائية المتخصصة بوهران

Abstract EN

The present study aims to investigate the personality traits of young drug addicts in Algerian society.

The sample size of the study consisted of fifty (50) young men addicted to drugs of various types; the patients were those subject to treatment in the anti-addiction department of the hospital institution specialized in mental illness of Sidi Chahmi, Prefecture of Oran.

The study was based on a measure of the five major personality factors as identified by Costa and McCrae (1992); the study concluded with a number of results: young drug addicts are characterized by high levels of neuroticism, less degree of openness and conscientiousness, and lower degree of extraversion.