ArticleJournal of personality2018
Alcohol use and personality change in middle and older adulthood: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study.
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- Personality changes related to presence and treatment of substance use (disorders): a systematic review.Psychological medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Reciprocal relations between body dissatisfaction and excessive exercise in college women.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2024Article
- Relations Among Adolescent Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use, Adolescent Impulsive Traits, and Prospective Change in Impulsive Traits into Emerging Adulthood.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Associations between Sensation Seeking and Its Components and Alcohol Use in Young SWISS Men-Are There Bidirectional Associations?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Risk for alcohol use/misuse among entering college students: The role of personality and stress.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- Are Changes in Personality Traits and Alcohol Use Associated? A Cohort Study Among Young Swiss Men.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivePersonality is known to predict alcohol consumption, but how alcohol use is related to personality change is less clear, especially at older ages. The present study examined the effects of level of alcohol consumption and history of dependence on change in the Five-Factor Model personality traits in a national cohort of Americans aged over 50.
methodOver 10,000 adults who participated in 2006-2008 waves of the Health and Retirement Study reported on personality and alcohol use and were followed over 4 years.
resultsLatent difference score models indicated decreases in Extraversion to be attenuated for individuals categorized as light-to-moderate drinkers at baseline, whereas decreases in Conscientiousness were accentuated by having experienced alcohol dependence symptoms. Moreover, personality difference scores correlated with changes in the amount of alcohol consumed at follow-up.
conclusionsThe findings suggest that patterns of alcohol consumption are associated with changes in personality across the second half of the life span.
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