Personality traits and negative consequences associated with binge drinking and marijuana use in college students

Daniel S O'Leary; Douglas R Langbehn; John R Kramer; Samuel Kuperman; Lindsey A Fuhrmeister; Jatin G Vaidya

doi:10.1080/00952990.2019.1601200

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Personality traits and negative consequences associated with binge drinking and marijuana use in college students

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Personality traits and negative consequences associated with binge drinking and marijuana use in college students

Daniel S O'Leary, Douglas R Langbehn, John R Kramer, Samuel Kuperman, Lindsey A Fuhrmeister and Jatin G Vaidya

The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, Vol.45(4), pp.400-409

07/04/2019

DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2019.1601200

PMCID: PMC7474925

PMID: 31042417

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Background: Binge drinking is common in college students, and many drink in quantities greater than the standard definition of bingeing. Combined use of additional substances, particularly marijuana, is also common. Objectives: Increased impulsivity and sensation seeking are risk factors for bingeing, and this study was designed to characterize their association with extreme compared to standard bingeing, as well as with combined bingeing and marijuana use. Negative consequences of alcohol use were also investigated. Methods: Self-report personality measures and a measure of the negative consequences of alcohol use were given to a sample of 221 college students (109 females) sorted into a control and 4 binge groups based upon their patterns of bingeing and marijuana use. Narrowly defined, non-overlapping measures of impulsivity and sensation seeking were analyzed to assess the association of these personality measures with substance-use patterns and negative consequences of bingeing. Results: Standard bingers did not differ from non-bingeing controls on either impulsivity or sensation seeking, whereas extreme bingers had significantly higher impulsivity and sensation seeking scores than controls and also significantly higher sensation seeking than standard bingers. Exploratory analyses of a broader set of personality scales showed that a disinhibition scale was also significant predictor of substance use group. A number of personality traits significantly predicted substance use patterns as well as specific negative consequences of bingeing. Conclusions: Impulsivity, sensation seeking and disinhibition are significant associates of substance use patterns and the negative consequences of use in college students.

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Title: Subtitle: Personality traits and negative consequences associated with binge drinking and marijuana use in college students
Creators: Daniel S O'Leary - Psychiatry Department, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Douglas R Langbehn - Psychiatry Department, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
John R Kramer - Psychiatry Department, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Samuel Kuperman - Psychiatry Department, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Lindsey A Fuhrmeister - Psychiatry Department, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Jatin G Vaidya - Psychiatry Department, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, Vol.45(4), pp.400-409
DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2019.1601200
PMID: 31042417
PMCID: PMC7474925
NLM abbreviation: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
ISSN: 0095-2990
eISSN: 1097-9891
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Grant note: 5R01AA021165 / The Relationship of Adolescent Binge Drinking to Measures of Brain and Behavior
Language: English
Date published: 07/04/2019
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; University College Courses
Record Identifier: 9984003469002771

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