%0 Journal Article %A Oraki, Mohammad %A Mokri, Azarakhsh %A Kiaei Ziabari, Seyed Majid %T Relationship between Craving for Methamphetamine and Personality Characteristics among Patients in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program %J Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology %V 19 %N 3 %U http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2052-en.html %R %D 2014 %K personality traits; temperament and character; craving; methamphetamine; methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), %X Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between craving for methamphetamine and personality characteristics of patients under methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Method: Eighty patients under MMT were chosen from Iranian National Centers for Addiction Study, Aftab Society, Aftab-e-Mehrvarzi, and a private infirmary and thereafter answered to Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and Desires for Drug Questionnaire (DDQ). Data analysis was done by one-sample t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The results showed that the subjects obtained higher than the norm scores in novelty seeking and harm avoidance and lower than the norm scores in reward dependence, self-directedness, cooperativeness and self-transcendence. Furthermore, craving for methamphetamine had a positive correlation with novelty seeking (p %> http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2052-en.pdf %P 177-186 %& 177 %! Relationship between Craving for Methamphetamine and Personality Characteristics among Patients in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program %9 Original Research %L A-10-1-699 %+ University of Payam-e-noor %G eng %@ 1735-4315 %[ 2014