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Contribution of the Five Factors of Personality and Peers on Adolescent Alcohol Use: A Cross-National Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2018

Sígrid Gallego ,
Laura Mezquita ,
Jorge Moya-Higueras ,
Generós Ortet Open the ORCID record for Generós Ortet [Opens in a new window]  and
Manuel I. Ibáñez
Sígrid Gallego
Affiliation:
Universitat Jaume I (Spain)
Laura Mezquita
Affiliation:
Universitat Jaume I (Spain)
Jorge Moya-Higueras
Affiliation:
Universitat de Lleida (Spain)
Generós Ortet*
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (Spain)
Manuel I. Ibáñez
Affiliation:
Universitat Jaume I (Spain)
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*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Generós Ortet. Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Clínicai Psicobiologia. 12071 Castelló de la Plana (Spain). E-mail: ortet@uji.es
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Abstract

Personality characteristics such as extraversion, low agreeableness and low conscientiousness are relevant for alcohol use during adolescence. In addition, having friends who use alcohol is one of the strongest predictors of adolescent alcohol consumption and its negative outcomes. The selection model posits that friends display similar alcohol consumption when their friendships are formed on the basis of common characteristics as, among others, personality. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the mediation role of peers in the association between the five-factor model of personality and adolescent alcohol use in two cultures. One hundred and twenty Scottish and 221 Spanish respondents, all aged 12-15 years, answered the Alcohol Intake Scale (AIS). Adolescents were asked about the alcohol used at the weekend and also about the alcohol consumed by their friends. Scottish adolescents’ personality was measured by the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO–PI–3). The Junior Spanish version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (JS NEO) was used to assess personality in the Spanish sample. Low agreeableness and low conscientiousness correlated with own alcohol quantity in both countries. We performed an independent structural equation modeling for each country. Extraversion (β = .205, p < .05) and low agreeableness (β = –.196, p < .01) for Scottish adolescents, and low conscientiousness (β = –.175, p < .05) for Spanish youths, predicted alcohol use through peer alcohol consumption at weekends. These findings support the relevance of personality traits and peer affiliation in relation to alcohol consumption in adolescence.

Keywords

adolescent alcohol consumptioncross-nationalFive-Factor Modelpeerspersonality
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 21 , 2018 , E58
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2018 

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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad/FEDER, PSI2015–67766–R. Generalitat Valenciana, GV/2016/158

How to cite this article:

Gallego, S., Mezquita, L., Moya-Higueras, J., Ortet, G., & Ibáñez, M. I. (2018). Contribution of the five factors of personality and peers on adolescent alcohol use: A cross-national study. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 21. e58. Doi:10.1017/sjp.2018.63.

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