| A personality-based description of maturing out of alcohol problems: extension with a five-factor model and robustness to modeling challenges. | |
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PMID: 20598445 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIM: To examine the relation of changes in Five-Factor personality traits (i.e., extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience; Costa & McCrae, 1985), drinking motives, and problematic alcohol involvement in a cohort of college students (N=467) at varying risk for alcohol use disorders from ages 21 to 35. METHOD: Parallel process latent growth models were estimated to determine the extent that prospective changes in personality and alcohol problems covaried as well as the extent to which drinking motives appeared to mediate these relations. RESULTS: Changes in neuroticism and conscientiousness covaried with changes in problematic alcohol involvement. Specifically, increases in conscientiousness and decreases in neuroticism were related to decreases in alcohol from ages 21 to 35, even after accounting for marriage and/or parenthood. Change in coping (but not enhancement) motives specifically mediated the relation between changes in conscientiousness and alcohol problems in addition to the relation between changes in neuroticism and alcohol problems. DISCUSSION: Personality changes, as assessed by a Five-Factor model of personality, are associated with "maturing out" of alcohol problems. Of equal importance, change in coping motives may be an important mediator of the relation between personality change and the "maturing out" of alcohol problems. |
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Authors:
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Andrew K Littlefield; Kenneth J Sher; Phillip K Wood |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-06-09 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Addictive behaviors Volume: 35 ISSN: 1873-6327 ISO Abbreviation: Addict Behav Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-10 Completed Date: 2011-06-30 Revised Date: 2011-11-01 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7603486 Medline TA: Addict Behav Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 948-54 Citation Subset: IM |
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Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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University of Missouri and the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, United States. littlefielda@missouri.edu |
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Adaptation, Psychological Adult Alcohol Drinking* / epidemiology, psychology Human Development Humans Male Midwestern United States / epidemiology Models, Psychological Personality* Prospective Studies Questionnaires Students Temperance Universities Young Adult |
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K05 AA017242-04/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS; K05 AA017242-05/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS; P50 AA011998-10/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS; R01 AA013987-04/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS; R37 AA007231-19/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS; T32 AA013526-09/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS |
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