Personality and substance dependence symptoms: modeling substance-specific traits.

Full Abstract

Personality traits related to neuroticism and disinhibition have been consistently associated with substance use disorders (SUDs). It is unclear, however, whether different personality traits predict distinct forms of substance dependence. Additionally, it is unclear whether personality traits continue to predict alcohol, drug, and tobacco dependence after controlling for comorbid antisociality and other SUDs. The current study addresses these questions by characterizing relations between personality traits and substance dependence symptoms in a longitudinal sample of 3,720 college students. Results revealed that antisociality and certain core personality traits predicted multiple types of substance pathology. In addition, several personality traits were differentially associated with alcohol, drug, and tobacco symptomatology. (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved

Author information

Author/s: Grekin, Emily R (ER); Sher, Kenneth J (KJ); Wood, Phillip K (PK);

Affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. grekine(-atsign-)missouri.edu

Grants: P50 AA11990 (Agency:NIAAA NIH HHS) ; R37AA7231 (Agency:NIAAA NIH HHS) ; T32AA13526 (Agency:NIAAA NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors (Psychol Addict Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Dec; vol 20 (issue 4) : pp 415-24

Dates: Created 2006/12/19; Completed 2007/02/22; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17176176, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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