Disordered eating and alcohol use among college women: Associations with race and big five traits

Martin, J. C.; Groth, Gabrielle; Longo, Laura M.; Rocha, Tracey L.; Martens, Matthew P.

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.02.002

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“…Low Conscientiousness is considered as associated with less prosocial and more health-promoting behaviors (dietary and lifestyles) in general ( 43 ). Finally, high Openness has been related to BD in women ( 28 ). Some studies have not found relationships between these personality characteristics and BD ( 32 , 33 ), although they are characterized for including small samples of BD, basically of social drinkers.…”

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Personality Traits Related to Binge Drinking: A Systematic Review

2017

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The pattern of alcohol consumption in the form of binge drinking (BD) or heavy episodic drinking has increased notably worldwide in recent years, especially among adolescent and young people, being currently recognized as a global health problem. Although only a minority of binge drinkers will develop a substance use disorder, BD may have negative personal and social consequences in the short and medium term. The objective of this article is to review the findings on personality traits related to binge drinkers and to emphasize the aspects that should be examined in order to make progress in this area. The main characteristics of personality related to the practice of BD, regardless of the theoretical model used, are high Impulsivity and high Sensation seeking, as well as Anxiety sensitivity, Neuroticism (Hopelessness), Extraversion and low Conscientiousness. The data obtained may have theoretical implications to elucidate the endophenotype of BD, but they are especially useful for their preventive applications. Integration into prevention programs of emotional self-control skills, decision-making, social skills, and strategies to manage negative emotions will minimize the risk factors or consequences of BD associated with personality and will improve their effectiveness. In the future, it is necessary to harmonize a common measurement instrument for the assessment of personality, develop longitudinal studies with large samples that also integrate biological and neurocognitive measurements, and determine the reciprocal relationship between personality and BD together with its modulating variables, as well as the possible cultural differences.

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Personality Traits Related to Binge Drinking: A Systematic Review

2017

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“…Alcohol consumption has been operationalized in studies differently (binge drinking, number of drinks per occasion) with heterogeneous associations with the Big Five traits. While alcohol consumption among young adults can be predicted through a high level of neuroticism associated with a low level of agreeableness (Coëffec, 2011), women with higher levels of openness to experience were more at risk for heavy and problematic alcohol use (Martin et al, 2015). Moreover, higher levels of openness to experience and neuroticism were significantly associated with an increased risk of using cigarettes during one's lifetime (Zvolensky et al, 2015) and openness to experience was the sole personality variable accounting for the differences in smoking prevalence (McCann, 2010).…”

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Do Decision-Making Styles Help Explain Health-Risk Behavior among University Students in Addition to Personality Factors?

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2018

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Previous research has indicated that certain decision-making styles are associated with decision outcomes. This article focuses specifically on one area of decision outcomes -health-risk behavior -and examines if decision-making styles explain the variance in risk behavior over the Big Five factors. Five decision-making styles (rational, intuitive, dependent, avoidant, and spontaneous) and five types of risk behavior (alcohol use, internet use, junk food consumption, cigarette smoking, condom use) were identified in 374 university students. The results differ among the types of risk behavior, although generally, decision-making styles help to improve the models explaining risk behavior in the case of alcohol use and problematic internet use with the avoidant and dependent styles having the most prominent role.

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“…On the basis of their responses to the binge screening measure, adolescents were assigned to one of four binge behavior groups: binge drinking only (males who consumed 5 or more consecutive drinks and females who consumed 4 , such that males reported more binge drinking than females, and the latter showed more binge eating than males. Students who attended technical-industrial arts schools were more likely to be classified as binge drinkers (31.3%), while students who attended teacher training schools were more likely to be classified as binge eaters (29.2%), and as binge drinker and eaters (32.4%).…”

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“…Binge drinking and binge eating can be considered real "addictive" behaviors as uncontrolled and repetitive consumption of either alcohol or food effectively associated with physical, social and psychological difficulties. [1][2][3][4] As established in previous research, binge drinking is defined as the consumption of five or more consecutive drinks for men and four or more consecutive drinks for women on a single occasion. [5][6][7][8] Binge eating is defined as the consumption of a larger amount of food than usual during a limited period of time (e.g., within an hour) accompanied by experiencing a feeling of marked distress and loss of control over eating.…”

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Adolescents who binge eat and drink: The role of emotion regulation

Laghi

Liga

Pompili

2018

Journal of Addictive Diseases

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This Q2 cross-sectional study examined binge eating and binge drinking behaviors exploring their association with the strategies of Emotion Regulation, such as Cognitive Reappraisal (CR) and Expression Suppression (ES). The sample consisted of 1004 Italian students (395 males and 609 females) attending high school. The average age of the students was 17.9 years (SD ¼0.8; range: 16-21). They completed self-report measures assessing binge behaviors and Emotion Regulation strategies. No differences resulted between adolescents assuming binge behaviors and no bingers as regards CR; conversely, adolescents engaging in binge eating and in both binge behaviors reported the highest levels of ES. Furthermore, both Emotion Regulation strategies were significant predictors of binge eating. The present study suggested that binge behaviors were strongly associated with adolescent's ability to evaluate and manage their emotions, so that adolescents may benefit from more precise and specific prevention and treatment approaches focused on training to use more adaptive and effective strategies to regulate their emotions.

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Disordered eating and alcohol use among college women: Associations with race and big five traits

Cited by 29 publications

References 19 publications

Personality Traits Related to Binge Drinking: A Systematic Review

Personality Traits Related to Binge Drinking: A Systematic Review

Do Decision-Making Styles Help Explain Health-Risk Behavior among University Students in Addition to Personality Factors?

Adolescents who binge eat and drink: The role of emotion regulation

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