N/%   Sample PAD SAD ADMS Statistics*   178 60/33.7 78/43.8 40/22.5 NEO-FFI             Neuroticism M 26.7 26.8 26.6 26.5 F=1.3/ns   sd 7.3 6.9 7.6 7.3   Extroversion M 24.4 24 23.4 26.4 F=2.8/ns   sd 7.3 6.9 7.6 7.3   Openness to experience M 24.8 23.7 24.4 27.4 F=2.3/p<0.05a   sd 6 7.3 7.8 7.9   Agreeableness M 32.1 31.5 32.1 32.9 F=2.0/ns   sd 5.9 5.2 4.4 5.9   Conscientiousness M 32 31.9 32.2 31.7 F=0.6/ns   sd 5.9 5.2 4.4 5.9   BSI             Somatization M 0.79 0.83 0.73 0.83 F=1.2/ns   sd 0.58 0.54 0.59 0.62   Obsessive-compulsive M 0.99 1.01 1.11 1.21 F=1.4/ns   sd 0.62 0.62 0.65 0.66   Interpersonal sensitivity M 0.85 0.87 0.88 0.77 F=3.1/ns   sd 0.72 0.75 0.69 0.73   Depression M 1.1 1.21 1.1 1.14 F=4.0/ns   sd 0.68 0.79 0.62 0.63   Anxiety M 0.94 0.89 0.94 1.02 F=2.3/ns   sd 0.62 0.69 0.61 0.57   Hostility M 0.73 0.77 0.64 0.82 F=1.8/ns   sd 0.65 0.67 0.52 0.79   Phobic anxiety M 0.48 0.47 0.51 0.47 F=1.4/ns   sd 0.55 0.56 0.58 0.51   Paranoid ideation M 1.05 1.01 1.15 0.98 F=1.1/ns   sd 0.71 0.69 0.77 0.63   Psychoticism M 0.63 0.66 0.6 0.66 F=4.6/ns   sd 0.6 0.53 0.58 0.6

Table 2: Personality related variables according to the sample and the subgroups * One-way ANCOVA followed by Tukey's test, using age, gender, years of alcoholism and lifetime history of depression as covariate factors. Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons. Legend I: PAD –“Pure” alcohol dependents; ADS-alcohol dependent smokers; ADMS-alcohol dependents with the use of multiple substances; BSI -Brief Symptom Inventory. Legend II: a: higher scores in ADMS when comparing to PAD and SAD.