RT - Journal Article T1 - Relationship between Craving for Methamphetamine and Personality Characteristics among Patients in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program JF - ijpcp YR - 2014 JO - ijpcp VO - 19 IS - 3 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2052-en.html SP - 177 EP - 186 K1 - personality traits; temperament and character; craving; methamphetamine; methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) AB - 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 LA eng UL http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2052-en.html M3 ER -