نبذة مختصرة : The present study was designed to investigate some of the salient personality dimensions presented in the literature as identifying the life style and role of the heroin addict as compared and contrasted with that of the schizophrenic inpatient to delineate more clearly the similarities and differences between these two populations. Thirty patients from each of the two populations were tested on an objective personality inventory (Personal Beliefs Inventory), a projective device analyzing responses to stressor-situations (Story Test), and a projective device examining the early memories of the individual as reflected in the life style (Early Recollections). The results of the study reported the following elements as discriminating between the life styles of schizophrenics and heroin addicts and characterizing the distinguishing features of these two psychiatric populations: heroin addicts had greater self-esteem and humanistic identification and were less hyperdependent, hostile and resigned, than schizophrenic inpatients. The implications of these results for conceptualizing heroin addiction in terms of a life style analysis and the designing of treatment programs to capitalize on the feelings of self-esteem and humanistic identification of the addict were discussed. Issues pertaining to the use of Early Recollections as a projective device, and the interpretation and use of ERs in research were also considered. ; Psychology, Department of
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