Abstract
Relations between the Big-Five personality domains and motivations for drinking alcohol were examined. Young adult drinkers (n=581) completed the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised and the 100-item International Personality Item Pool questionnaire measuring the Big-Five personality domains. Multiple regression analyses revealed that personality domains predicted both external (Conformity and Social), and particularly, internal (Coping and Enhancement) drinking motives after controlling for usual weekly drinking levels, demographic variables and overlap between drinking motives. Replicating previous findings with the NEO personality scales, Coping motives were predicted by low Emotional Stability, and Enhancement motives were predicted by high Extraversion and low Conscientiousness. Additional relations not previously documented with the NEO personality scales were observed between personality domains and drinking motives (e.g., low Extraversion predicted Coping motives, and high Intellect/Imagination and low Agreeableness predicted Enhancement motives). Thus, converging evidence suggests the presence of personality vulnerability factors associated with risky internal reasons for drinking.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 971-984 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Personality and Individual Differences |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada awarded to S.H. Stewart and D.R. Lehman. S.H. Stewart is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator Award.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Psychology