Profiling and Prevalence of Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders and Behavioural Addictions in Incarcerated Traffic Offenders

A field study was designed to determine if traffic offenders were characterised by substance-related and addictive disorders behavioural addictions, examine their prevalence in this population. total of 268 regular drivers (weekly or daily use) participated the study; 132 incarcerated 136 with no criminal background. Subsamples matched age, sex, time elapsed since driving test. Participants responded a measure impulse control addictions. The results revealed more-than-problematic effect regarding drug addiction, alcohol consumption, compulsive purchasing population offenders. In contrast, trivial (insignificant) observed addiction gambling, internet, videogames, eating, sex. Comparatively, reported higher drugs, alcohol, purchasing, but less internet than controls. As for caseness analysis, significant (>0.05) connection eating Moreover, comorbidity multi-comorbidity found be common (=0.50). implications interventions are discussed.