Is There Such a Thing As An Addictive Personality?

Some online quizzes would have you believe the idea that certain people have a specific “personality type”. But is an “addictive personality” a real thing? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Accalia Elementia, Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Fatima Iqbal, Linnea Boyev, Tomasz Jonarski, Chris Peters, Philippe von Bergen, Will and Sonja Marple, and Mark Terrio-Cameron. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Resources: https://www.nami.org/ http://www.mhresources.org/ http://www.mentalhealth.gov/ http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml http://www.asam.org/for-the-public/resource-links https://www.drugabuse.gov/ SOURCES Myers, David G. Psychology, 10th edition, 2013. http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/features/do-you-have-addictive-personality http://www.simplypsychology.org/psychodynamic.html http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologystudyguides/a/personalitysg_3.htm http://www.simplypsychology.org/personality-theories.html https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/personalitydisorders.html http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/personality-disorder http://psychology.about.com/od/abnormalpsychology/ss/A-List-of-Psychological-Disorders.htm http://psychology.about.com/od/psychotherapy/f/faq_dsm.htm http://psychology.about.com/od/abnormalpsychology/ss/A-List-of-Psychological-Disorders.htm#step9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/basics/definition/CON-20030111?p=1 https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/addiction http://alcoholrehab.com/addiction-recovery/internal-locus-of-control-addiction-recovery/ https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/learning-theory-of-addiction-and-recovery-implications/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/addiction/compulsive-and-addictive-behaviors http://www.samhsa.gov/disorders/substance-use http://www.aa.org/ http://www.helpguide.org/articles/addiction/overcoming-drug-addiction.htm http://www.livescience.com/15563-addiction-defined-brain-disease.html https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/comorbidity-addiction-other-mental-illnesses/drug-addiction-mental-illness http://www.medicaldaily.com/do-you-have-addictive-personality-take-20-minute-online-quiz-find-out-301080 http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/The_addicted_brain.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pK5FuptsSQ http://www.amhc.org/1408-addictions/article/48526-addiction-and-personality-disorders https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/day-without-pain/201305/the-dsm-5-and-addictive-disorders https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/dsm-5-the-ten-personality-disorders-cluster-b/ http://pro.psychcentral.com/dsm-5-changes-addiction-substance-related-disorders-alcoholism/004370.html http://www.medic8.com/drug-addiction/addictive-personality.html https://www.thefix.com/content/trauma-and-addiction9180 https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/look-it-way/200903/the-addictive-personality http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/may/12/alcohol-addiction-dorothy-rowe https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-choice/201410/psychodynamic-way-understanding-addiction http://psychcentral.com/disorders/pathological-gambling-symptoms/ http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/18/science/the-addictive-personality-common-traits-are-found.html?pagewanted=all https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121214190937.htm http://www.medicaldaily.com/drug-addiction-unmasked-types-people-most-likely-get-addicted-and-why-302676 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01935.x/abstract;jsessionid=213C7070FD3CEC5D49D096544758035E.f02t02 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972619/ http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/18/science/the-addictive-personality-common-traits-are-found.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/mind-read/do_you_have_an_addictive https://books.google.com/books?id=Ccm5hezc95MC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=National+Academy+of+Sciences+1983+addictive+personality+lang&source=bl&ots=TZM1I2tAK1&sig=MXy1h9FE4cy7MovnyMSUVBSts1o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP9u6qsozLAhVJx2MKHfgrD_UQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q=National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences%201983%20addictive%20personality%20lang&f=false