Personality and Substance Use in Mexicans and Mexican-Americans

Mercado, Alfonso; Rogers, Darrin L.; Colunga-Rodríguez, Cecilia; Villarreal, Delia Yazmin; Terracciano, Antonio; Nguyen-Finn, Kim L.

doi:10.1007/s11469-016-9639-5

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“…Higher openness and higher neuroticism have been associated with lifetime-smoking, and higher conscientiousness appears to protect against smoking progression and persistence in adults [27]. A study conducted in an undergraduate student population showed that higher extraversion, higher neuroticism, lower agreeableness and lower conscientiousness were all associated with higher current smoking behaviour, and that higher neuroticism was more strongly associated with smoking in a Mexican, than in the Mexican-American sample [28]. Furthermore, Conner et al [24] found that adolescent non-smokers had higher levels of conscientiousness than adolescent smokers.…”

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The associations of personality traits and parental education with smoking behaviour among adolescents

Yáñez

Leiva

Estela³

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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We examined whether personality traits and parental education are associated with smoking initiation in a sample of Spanish secondary school students. Participants, taken from the ITACA study (842 adolescents aged 14–15 years), completed a questionnaire assessing personality traits of the Five Factor Model, smoking behaviours and parental education. Multinomial logistic regression models controlling for age and sex were used to determine the independent associations and interactions of personality traits and parental education with risk of ever trying smoking, as well as with being a regular smoker in adolescence. Higher conscientiousness was related to a lower chance of trying smoking at least once (OR = 0.57, 95% CIs = 0.46, 0.71) as well as being a regular smoker (OR = 0.39, 95% CIs = 0.27, 0.55). Higher emotional instability (neuroticism) was associated with higher risk of being in either smoking category (OR = 1.33, 95% CIs = 1.10, 1.60 and OR = 1.76, 95% CIs = 1.31, 2.35, respectively). Higher extraversion was also associated with a higher risk of both types of smoking behaviour (OR = 1.38, 95% CIs = 1.12, 1.70 and OR = 2.43 (1.67, 3.55, respectively). Higher parental education was significantly related to lower risk of being a regular smoker (OR = 0.70, 95% CIs = 0.54, 0.89), but not with trying smoking in the past. Finally, we found no evidence of the interactions between adolescents’ personality and parental education in predicting adolescent smoking behaviours. We conclude that personality factors and parental education are important and independent factors associated with smoking behaviour in adolescents.

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The associations of personality traits and parental education with smoking behaviour among adolescents

Yáñez

Leiva

Estela³

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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“…The instrument has the following subscales: extroversion (e.g., full of energy and generates a lot of enthusiasm), neuroticism (e.g., can be tense and worries a lot), conscientiousness (e.g., does things efficiently, makes plans, and follows through with them), agreeableness (e.g., has a forgiving nature and likes to cooperate with others), and openness (e.g., is ingenious, a deep thinker, is curious about many different things). It has been established as an efficient and reliable measure (rtt = 0.80) with Spanish Speaking Latino groups (18,19). We compute each subscale as units of analysis.…”

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Impulsivity and sexual addiction: factor structure and criterion-related validity of the sexual addiction screening test in Mexican adults

Mejía Cruz,

Avila Chauvet,

Villalobos-Gallegos

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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Sexual addiction is associated with serious health problems. Due to that fact, it is quite important to perform a comprehensive assessment. The Sex Addiction Screening Test (SAST-R) is a self-administered questionnaire with good psychometric properties used in several countries. Our study conducts a cross-cultural adaptation of the SAST-R on the Mexican population. The original version of the SAST-R was translated into Mexican Spanish, and we performed a pilot with 23 participants to be sure that the participants understood the meaning of the items. The final version was administered to 370 adults who completed the SAST-R, and measures of impulsivity (the Kirby questionnaire), reward/punishment responsivity (BIS-BAS scale), personality (BIG-Five), and psychological distress (SCL-90). The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a five-factor model with one second-order factor model had the best fit. Reliability analysis suggests acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.80). The SAST-R scores exhibited significant correlations with several variables. Specifically, they showed a positive correlation with the neuroticism scale (r = 0.11, p < 0.05), a negative correlation with the conscientiousness scale (r = –0.21, p < 0.01), a negative correlation with the BIS scale (r = −0.11, p < 0.05), and a positive correlation with psychological distress (r = 0.34, p < 0.01). Notably, there were no significant correlations observed with variables that we initially expected to have a substantial association, such as impulsivity (r = –0.004, p > 0.05) and the three BAS subscales (p > 0.05). We found with an algorithm that psychological distress, impulsivity, neuroticism, and agreeableness were the good predictors to identify high scores of hypersexuality. Our results confirmed that the Mexican Spanish version of the SAST-R has good psychometric properties to be used in future research.

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“…An extensive body of research has linked adult personality traits and substance use. Both meta-analyses and individual studies tend to show that lower conscientiousness and higher neuroticism are related to higher risk of using cigarettes (Hakulinen, Hintsanen, et al, 2015;Malouff, Thorsteinsson, & Schutte, 2006) and alcohol (Hakulinen, Elovainio, et al, 2015;Malouff, Thorsteinsson, Rooke, & Schutte, 2007), as well as marijuana and other drugs (Mercado et al, 2016;Terracciano, Löckenhoff, Crum, Bienvenu, & Costa, 2008;Turiano, Whiteman, Hampson, Roberts, & Mroczek, 2012). Additionally, in some studies, higher extraversion is associated with higher risk of substance use (e.g., Hakulinen, Elovainio, et al, 2015;Hakulinen, Hintsanen, et al, 2015;Mercado et al, 2016).…”

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“…Childhood temperament is related to adult personality and predicts many consequential outcomes throughout the lifespan, such as mental health (Lewis & Olsson, 2011), peer relationships (Sanson et al, 2004), and academic performance (Schoen & Nagle, 1994). In adulthood, there is substantial evidence from both meta-analyses and individual studies that personality correlates with substance use (Hakulinen, Elovainio, et al, 2015;Hakulinen, Hintsanen, et al, 2015;Mercado et al, 2016), but evidence is mixed as to whether this relation exists for temperament assessed in early childhood before substance use typically begins.…”

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Parent-reported childhood temperament and adolescent self-reported substance use initiation

Strickhouser

Terracciano

Sutin

2020

Addictive Behaviors

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Personality and Substance Use in Mexicans and Mexican-Americans

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The associations of personality traits and parental education with smoking behaviour among adolescents

The associations of personality traits and parental education with smoking behaviour among adolescents

Impulsivity and sexual addiction: factor structure and criterion-related validity of the sexual addiction screening test in Mexican adults

Parent-reported childhood temperament and adolescent self-reported substance use initiation

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