Personality and alcohol consumption: Pooled analysis of 72,949 adults from eight cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of personality as a determinant of alcohol consumption has long been debated, but prospective evidence is scarce.

Methods

We performed individual participant meta-analysis to examine the association between the Five-Factor Model personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and alcohol consumption using data from eight cohort studies sampled from the USA, UK, Germany, and Australia (total n=72,949; mean age=50 years, 54% female). Alcohol consumption was categorized into abstinence, moderate consumption, and heavy consumption.

Results

After adjustment for age, sex, and race, higher extraversion (odds ratio for 1 standard deviation's increase in the score; 95% confidence interval: 1.14; 1

SUBMITTER: Hakulinen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4447572 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature