“Searching for Mr. Hyde: A five-factor
approach to characterizing ‘types of drunks’” the study asked 364 men and
women to consider their behavior when sober and then again when drunk. A team of psychologists has categorized
drunks into four groups – Mr. Hyde, Ernest Hemingway, Mary Poppins and The
Nutty Professor. Until today, alcoholic
lifestyle was determined based on the categorization of the people into two
groups – drinkers or non-drinkers. Now
a new study has divided drinkers into four cultural character types, based on
their behavior after they have downed two shots. The four categories suggested by the
researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia include Ernest Hemingway, Mr. Hyde, Mary Poppins and The
Nutty Professor. Each
category has been associated with a specific set of behavioral characteristics
that helped researchers differentiate the alcoholics.
During the study, the researchers found
that a majority of people four out of ten belonged to the Hemingway group,
meaning that they behaved much the same before and after the two shots. People
belonging to the group Mary Poppins became extraverted after getting drunk. “The Mary Poppins group of drinkers
essentially captures the sweet, responsible drinkers who experience fewer
alcohol-related problems.” Mr. Hyde
type of people transformed into hostile characters after having two shots. They noticed that people belonging to this
group were “less responsible and less intellectual." On the other hand,
people who were categorized into the group of The Nutty Professor felt
gregarious after two shots and had a tendency to be shy when sober.
During the study – which has been published in
the Addiction Research and Theory – the group of men and women to fill out a single personality
test twice. The first set of test was supposed to be filled thinking that they
are sober, and the other thinking that they are drunk. “These results, as well as the concept of
‘drunk personality’ more broadly, hold promise for developing novel
assessment-based and motivational interventions for problem drinkers.”
“Searching for Mr. Hyde: A five-factor
approach to characterizing ‘types of drunks’” the study asked 364 men and
women to consider their behavior when sober and then again when drunk. A team of psychologists has categorized
drunks into four groups – Mr. Hyde, Ernest Hemingway, Mary Poppins and The
Nutty Professor. Until today, alcoholic
lifestyle was determined based on the categorization of the people into two
groups – drinkers or non-drinkers. Now
a new study has divided drinkers into four cultural character types, based on
their behavior after they have downed two shots. The four categories suggested by the
researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia include Ernest Hemingway, Mr. Hyde, Mary Poppins and The
Nutty Professor. Each
category has been associated with a specific set of behavioral characteristics
that helped researchers differentiate the alcoholics.
