Differences in the personality profile of moderate and excessive consumer psychoactive substances

The objective of this research was to identify differences in personality profile in moderate and excessive consumers of psychoactive substances. We used a comparative descriptive design, 215 college students participated with a mean age of 20.9 years and a survey of psychoactive substance use and the Big Five Questionnarie (BFQ). The results show that the three most consumed substances are alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana, that 50.7% of people use two or more psychoactive substances and 47% have a harmful use of substances. We identified significant differences and negative correlations in personality factor Strength and sub-factors: Cooperation, Conscientiousness, Perseverance and Opening to culture, all scoring higher in moderate drinkers. These results validate the hypothesis that the self-control is the ability to modulate the progression to a harmful drinking.

• Autores: Carlos Andrés Gantiva Diaz; Universidad de San Buenaventura, sede Bogotá
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad del Norte
• Repositorio: Repositorio Uninorte
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:manglar.uninorte.edu.co:10584/5043
• Acceso en línea: http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/1805; http://hdl.handle.net/10584/5043
• Palabra clave: Sustancias psicoactivas; personalidad; autocontrol; consumo moderado; consumo excesivo
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2