Hi and sorry for late reply,
unfortunately this is not possible, I will take it as feature request. Now you can do this by adding following Javascript code to your template:
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
if(jQuery('#jform_ALIASOFTHEFIELD').length) jQuery('#jform_ALIASOFTHEFIELD').chosen({ max_selected_options: 1 });
});
Replace ALIASOFTHEFIELD with the alias of your select field