Personality pathways to alcohol use and related-problems in adolescence.

Abstract

Introduction Alcohol is the most widely used drug on a global scale and has been introduced into our culture for thousands of years. It is accessible in all strata of the population and in all ages being the direct and indirect cause of many diseases and social and health problems. Currently 4 etiological pathways are postulated as the precursors that give rise to the consumption of this substance. The study focuses on a sample of adolescent population and the objective is to see how the personality dimensions of the subjects correlate with the various ways described, giving rise to such complex behavior as alcohol consumption, use and abuse. problematic. Method A sample consisting of 523 adolescents from Castellón was used, aged between 13 and 18 whose average age was 14.99 with a T.D. of 1.17 and a percentage of sex segregation of 48.6% of women by 51.4% of men. Results To obtain the results, a model of structural equations was used, specifically a Pearson correlation and descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation).These equations showed how different pathways correlate with personality.The regulation of negative affect is a way that is motivated by the coping with the problems of the subject and has been seen to be related to the personality dimension of neuroticism. Recreational consumption on weekends was related to extraversion, kindness and responsibility regarding the way of coping with positive affects. As for the path of deviation propensity, it is related to extraversion and low kindness and responsibility, giving rise to consumption patterns that take place both on weekends and on weekdays, as well as alcohol-related problems. Conclussions The hypothesis is fulfilled and the complex interaction of the dimensions of the personality with respect to the etiological pathways is shown, showing how the consumption patterns of use and abuse can occur.