2024-03-28T09:16:07Zhttps://repositori.uji.es/oai/requestoai:repositori.uji.es:10234/1769872024-02-08T10:45:33Zcom_10234_8033com_10234_9col_10234_8636
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Mezquita, Laura
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Bravo, Adrián J.
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Ortet, Generós
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Pilatti, Angelina
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Pearson, Matthew R.
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Ibáñez, Manuel I
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2018-11-01
Background:
Previous research has identified different, but not mutually exclusive, etiological pathways (i.e., the positive affect regulation pathway, the negative affect regulation pathway and the deviance proneness pathway) to alcohol use and misuse in which personality characteristics play a key role.
Objectives:
The present study aimed to simultaneously and cross-culturally examine all these personality pathways to alcohol use in a large sample of young adult drinkers (N = 1280) from the US, Argentina, and Spain.
Method:
Structural equation modeling was conducted to test the models. Multi-group models were conducted to test model invariance across countries and gender groups.
Results:
In the whole sample, low conscientiousness and extraversion were related to alcohol outcomes through enhancement drinking motives (i.e., positive affect regulation pathway), low emotional stability was related through coping drinking motives (i.e., negative affect regulation pathway), and low conscientiousness and low agreeableness were related through antisocial behavior (i.e., deviance proneness pathway). The model was invariant between gender groups. Some minor, yet significant, differences across countries arose. Specifically, antisocial behavior was a significant mediator of the association between agreeableness and alcohol use, but only in the US subsample.
Conclusions:
The present findings suggest that risky-personality pathways for alcohol use and alcohol-related problems may be generalized across gender groups and cultures in young adults.
MEZQUITA GUILLAMÓN, Laura; BRAVO, Adrián J.; ORTET, Generós; PILATTI, Angelina; PEARSON, Matthew R.; IBÁÑEZ RIBES, Manuel Ignacio (2018). Cross-cultural examination of different personality pathways to alcohol use and misuse in emerging adulthood. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, v. 192, p. 193-200
http://hdl.handle.net/10234/176987
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.08.004
Personality
Etiological pathways
Alcohol
Drinking motives
Antisocial behavior
Cross-cultural study
Cross-cultural examination of different personality pathways to alcohol use and misuse in emerging adulthood