Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To find the differences between Khat users and non-Khat users
on the basis of personality traits, interpersonal difficulties and mental health
problems.
METHODS: A cross-sectional research design was used, and the sample was
selected from undergraduate university students through a mixed sample
technique. There was an approximately equal number of all four years of
undergraduate students in the sample out of which 247 of the sample were Khat
users and 94 were non-Khat users (control variable). All the participants were
male and aged between 18 to 25 years. The scales used were Eysenck
Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), newly developed Khat Interpersonal
Difficulties Scale (KIDS) and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS). A
debriefing session was carried out at the end of each testing and participants
were asked for any inquiry, question and feedback. SPSS version 21.0 was used
to analyze the data.
RESULTS: Results revealed mean age of Khat users as 23.03±2.01, while nonKhat users had 21.44±1.71. Khat user students scored higher on neuroticism
(t[339]=4.45, p<0.001), psychoticism (t[339]=2.92, p<0.001) and tend to
experience more interpersonal difficulties (t[339]=11.83, p<0.001) and more
mental health problems (t[339]=11.67, p<0.001) as compared to non-Khat
users. Multiple regression analysis found a strong positive relationship between
personality traits (neuroticism and psychoticism) with interpersonal difficulties
( =31, 28, respectively p<0.001) and mental health problems ( =28, 35,
respectively p<0.001) as well.
CONCLUSION: Khat use is related to a high score on neuroticism and
psychoticism and the experience of more interpersonal difficulties and mental
health problems.
Abdifatah Haji Daud, Zahid Mahmood, Fatima Naeem, Sadia Saleem. (2018) PERSONALITY TRAITS, INTERPERSONALDIFFICULTIES AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMSOF KHAT USERS AND NON-KHAT USERS:A COMPARATIVE STUDY, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, Volume 10, Issue 4.
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