Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users

Terracciano, Antonio; Löckenhoff, Corinna E.; Crum, Rosa M.; Bienvenu, O. Joseph; Costa, Paul T.

doi:10.1186/1471-244x-8-22

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“…Still, in keeping with previous studies [25], we found that for most variables introduced, cigarette smokers have not been not as severely impaired as the SUD patients. In particular, although cigarette smokers have been similar to the SUD patients with respect to their anxiety and depression levels at assessment, their overall inclination to display these traits was much lower.…”

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Cognitive orientation in substance use disorders and chronic cigarette smoking

Stein¹,

Ram²,

Sofer³

et al. 2017

Ment Health Addict Res

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We sought to identify cognitive-motivational dispositions for addictiveness in females with different addictions. For this purpose we assessed 20 women with substance use disorders (SUDs), 19 women who were routinely smoking at least 10 cigarettes daily for several years, and 24 control women. Cognitive-motivational dispositions were assessed with the 108-item Cognitive Orientation of Addictive Tendencies Questionnaire (COAT-Q), that converges to 25 content-related motivational themes and four basic belief types. Anxiety, depression, and addictiveness were also assessed. We found that compared with the controls, the SUD patients scored higher on addictiveness, depression, anxiety, all four COAT-Q-beliefs types, and three COAT-Q-theme clusters: dissociation from the self and from contacts with others, rejecting bad parts of the self, and the coexistent wish and fear of being loved. The chronic smokers scored mostly in-between the SUD patients and controls. These findings suggest that specific cognitive motivational dispositions may orient towards addictive behaviours in SUDs and chronic smoking.

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“…This suggests that the underlying cognitive-motivational dispositions orienting towards chronic smoking have a lot in common with those relevant to addiction in general. Indeed, other studies have also demonstrated that tobacco users fare in-between heroin users and normal controls in adaptive and maladaptive personality attributes [25].…”

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Cognitive orientation in substance use disorders and chronic cigarette smoking

Stein¹,

Ram²,

Sofer³

et al. 2017

Ment Health Addict Res

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“…Previous research indicates that increased novelty seeking, which is part of openness to experience, is linked to Internet addiction in college students (Ko et al, 2010). Similarly, openness to experience has been found to be associated with marijuana use (Terracciano, Löckenhoff, Crum, Bienvenu, & Costa, 2008). From this, it appears that characteristics indicative of resourcefulness and openness to experience, such as creativity, imagination, and innovation may lead adolescents to engage in pleasurable activities, such as using the Internet, excessively.…”

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Internet addiction in adolescents: Prevalence and risk factors

Kuss

Rooij

Shorter³

et al. 2013

Computers in Human Behavior

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As new media are becoming daily fare, Internet addiction appears as a potential problem in adolescents. From the reported negative consequences, it appears that Internet addiction can have a variety of detrimental outcomes for young people that may require professional intervention.Researchers have now identified a number of activities and personality traits associated with Internet addiction. This study aimed to synthesise previous findings by (i) assessing the prevalence of potential Internet addiction in a large sample of adolescents, and (ii) investigating the interactions between personality traits and the usage of particular Internet applications as risk factors for Internet addiction. A total of 3,105 adolescents in the Netherlands filled out a self-report questionnaire including the Compulsive Internet Use Scale and the Quick Big Five Scale. Results indicate that 3.7% of the sample were classified as potentially being addicted to the Internet. The use of online gaming and social applications (online social networking sites and Twitter) increased the 2 risk for Internet addiction, whereas extraversion and conscientiousness appeared as protective factors in high frequency online gamers. The findings support the inclusion of 'Internet addiction' in the DSM-V. Vulnerability and resilience appear as significant aspects that require consideration in further studies.

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“…Independent of the clusters, high neuroticism and low agreeableness were consistent dimensional characteristics of personality disorders in young adults (Moran et al, 2006). Substance use disorders, especially smoking (Terracciano and Costa, 2004), alcohol (Malouff et al, 2007), marijuana (Terracciano et al, 2008), and polysubstance abuse (McCormick et al, 1998) have also been associated with a high neuroticism/low agreeableness phenotype. The CNR1 gene has been associated with substance use disorders (Zhang et al, 2004;Zuo et al, 2007) and this association might be driven by the common personality structure influenced by this gene, as we have demonstrated in this study.…”

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CNR1 Gene is Associated with High Neuroticism and Low Agreeableness and Interacts with Recent Negative Life Events to Predict Current Depressive Symptoms

Juhász

Chase

Pegg

et al. 2009

Neuropsychopharmacol

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Cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) gene (CNR1) knockout mice are prone to develop anhedonic and helpless behavior after chronic mild stress. In humans, the CB1 antagonist rimonabant increases the risk of depressed mood disorders and anxiety. These studies suggest the hypothesis that genetic variation in CB1 receptor function influences the risk of depression in humans in response to stressful life events. In a population sample (n ¼ 1269), we obtained questionnaire measures of personality (Big Five Inventory), depression and anxiety (Brief Symptom Inventory), and life events. The CNR1 gene was covered by 10 SNPs located throughout the gene to determine haplotypic association. Variations in the CNR1 gene were significantly associated with a high neuroticism and low agreeableness phenotype (explained variance 1.5 and 2.5%, respectively). Epistasis analysis of the SNPs showed that the previously reported functional 5 0 end of the CNR1 gene significantly interacts with the 3 0 end in these phenotypes. Furthermore, current depression scores significantly associated with CNR1 haplotypes but this effect diminished after covariation for recent life events, suggesting a gene Â environment interaction. Indeed, rs7766029 showed highly significant interaction between recent negative life events and depression scores. The results represent the first evidence in humans that the CNR1 gene is a risk factor for depression--and probably also for co-morbid psychiatric conditions such as substance use disorders--through a high neuroticism and low agreeableness phenotype. This study also suggests that the CNR1 gene influences vulnerability to recent psychosocial adversity to produce current symptoms of depression.

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Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users

Cited by 354 publications

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Cognitive orientation in substance use disorders and chronic cigarette smoking

Cognitive orientation in substance use disorders and chronic cigarette smoking

Internet addiction in adolescents: Prevalence and risk factors

CNR1 Gene is Associated with High Neuroticism and Low Agreeableness and Interacts with Recent Negative Life Events to Predict Current Depressive Symptoms

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