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Source: European Journal of Personality
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1. Wright, Amanda J.
Jackson, Joshua J.
Initiation of Drug and Alcohol Use and Personality Development during Adolescence
European Journal of Personality published online (6 May 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08902070221090107.
Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08902070221090107
Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Depression (see also CESD); Drug Use; Personality/Big Five Factor Model or Traits; Self-Control/Self-Regulation; Self-Esteem

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Personality traits predict both the initiation and continued usage of alcohol and drugs. Less established is if substance use is associated with subsequent changes in personality, especially during the sensitive period of adolescence. We used three approaches to disentangle selection and socialization effects to address whether substance use is associated with personality development (impulsivity, sensation-seeking, depression, self-esteem). First, we used a multi-wave longitudinal sample of adolescents (N = 8,303) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - Child and Young Adult dataset to study the first use of several substances. Second, we used propensity score weighting to equate users and abstainers on a range of background variables. Third, we investigated changes before, during, and after initiation of substances. Overall, there was unique variability and effects in personality across time for average levels, trajectories, and magnitudes of change both between users and abstainers as well as within users of specific substances. Results suggest that initiation of substance use is associated with changes in personality; the specifics of which are largely contingent upon the substance being used. Impulsivity and sensation-seeking were the traits associated with the most change while cocaine and cigarettes were the substances associated with the greatest changes.
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Wright, Amanda J. and Joshua J. Jackson. "Initiation of Drug and Alcohol Use and Personality Development during Adolescence." European Journal of Personality published online (6 May 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08902070221090107.