Linking personality to addiction

• What is eysenck’s resource model of addiction?

  • addiction develops because it fulfills a need related to personality traits, particularly high psychoticism (P) and neuroticism (N)
• How did Gosdip & Eysenck (1980) support this theory?

  • studied 200+ drug addicts using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)

  • addicts had high P and N scores, but lower E and L (lie score, measuring social conformity) compared to a control group