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Discriminant Analysis of Sociocultural Motivation, and Personality Differences Among Black, Anglo and Chicana Female Drug Abusers in a Medium Security Prison

NCJ Number
87393
Author(s)
S T Cuffaro
Date Published
1978
Length
96 pages
Annotation
This study examined sociocultural, personality, and motivational differences among female addicts (black, Chicano, and white) imprisoned in a meduim security facility -California Rehabilitation Center -- in Corona, Calif.
Abstract
It found that two functions, a sociocultural and a personality dimension, made highly significant discriminations among the three addict groups. Groups membership could be predicted in over 90 percent of the cases. These 12 discriminating variables, in order from most to least loadings, are age of first drug use, education in years, degree of psychopathic deviation, father's occupation, number of tattoos, sweetheart-spouse conflict, submissiveness-dominance, family drug use, assertiveness, degree of shrewdness, practical versus impracticality, and number of children -- the least heavily loaded as a predictor. Data analysis methods and scales are appended. Data tables and about 40 references are supplied. (Author summary modified)