Testing the four-factor model of personality vulnerability to alcohol misuse: A three-wave, one-year longitudinal study.

Mackinnon, Sean P.; Kehayes, Ivy-Lee L.; Clark, Roderick; Sherry, Simon; Stewart, Sherry H.

doi:10.1037/a0037244

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“…In support of our mediation hypothesis, however, we did find that the significant association between the independent variable (BED-status groups) and addictive behaviors was mediated by the high-risk personality profile – a constellation of traits associated with addictive behaviors in previous research (Mackinnon et al, 2014; Davis et al, 2015). In other words, and as demonstrated statistically, the association between the independent variable (group) and the dependent variable (addictive behaviors) was no longer significant when personality risk was added as a covariate in the model.…”

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Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in Relation to Addictive Behaviors and Personality Risk Factors

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While there is good evidence that binge eating disorder (BED) is linked to higher-than-expected use of a broad range of addictive behaviors, mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. Using a mediation-analytical approach with three age- and gender-matched groups – overweight/obese adults with (n = 42) and without (n = 104) BED, and normal-weight control participants (n = 73) – we tested the hypothesis that adults with BED would engage in more addictive behaviors and have higher scores on a personality-risk index than the two control groups. We also anticipated that the relationship between BED and addictive behaviors would be mediated by a high-risk personality profile. The predicted mediation effect was strongly supported. Contrary to expectation, BED participants did not engage in more addictive behaviors or have higher personality-risk scores than their weight-matched counterparts. However, both overweight/obese groups did have significantly higher scores than the normal-weight group. The relationships among personality risk, elevated body mass index (BMI), and addictive behaviors have important clinical implications, especially for treatments that target psycho-behavioral intervention for compulsive overeating and substance-use disorders.

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Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in Relation to Addictive Behaviors and Personality Risk Factors

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“…Our results align with this work. Traditionally, theory predicts that those high in IMP drink for positive reinforcement purposes (e.g., "excitement") (e.g., Pihl and Peterson, 1995), but emerging evidence also implicates IMP in negative reinforcementmotivated drinking (MacKinnon et al, 2014). Our results support both pathways, suggesting that elevated IMP may be linked to drinking, as a way to change internal states, be this drinking to increase positive or decrease negative affect.…”

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Impulsivity increases risk for coping-motivated drinking in undergraduates with elevated social anxiety

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Personality and Individual Differences

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According to theory, those high in social anxiety (SA) are at risk for drinking alcohol for coping and conformity motives, which in turn lead to alcohol use and related problems. Empirical tests of this risk pathway in non-clinical samples have produced mixed results. Although those high on SA may drink to cope with anxiety and to reduce the likelihood of social rejection, they may also avoid drinking for fear of embarrassing themselves when intoxicated. Central to alcohol use by those high in SA is a temporary disregard of alcohol's potentially negative consequences. Accordingly, we hypothesized that SA would positively predict alcohol use and problems, but only at high levels of impulsivity (IMP). We expected these interactive effects to be mediated by coping and conformity motives. Undergraduates ( = 461) completed self-reports. Partially supporting hypotheses, IMP moderated the association between SA and alcohol-related problems (but not use), such that SA predicted problems only at high IMP. This interactive effect was mediated by coping (but not conformity) motives, such that SA positively predicted coping motives (especially at high IMP), which in turn predicted problems. Results suggest that IMP and coping motives clarify SA-related drinking. Clinical interventions may consider targeting IMP.

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“…Previous research also supports that higher coping motives relate to both alcohol use (Crutzen et al, 2013) and problems (Mackinnon et al, 2014). …”

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Comparing the predictive validity of the four-factor and five-factor (bifactor) measurement structures of the drinking motives questionnaire

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Donaldson

2017

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Introduction The Drinking Motives Questionnaire (DMQ-R) is the most widely administered instrument to assess reasons for consuming alcohol and is conventionally premised on a four-factor structure. Recent research instead reveals that a bifactor measurement model of five motive factors (one general and four specific) represents a superior psychometric embodiment of the scale. The current study evaluated and compared the predictive validity of the four-factor and five-factor models of drinking motives in longitudinally explaining alcohol use and problems. Methods Adult participants (N = 413; age range = 18 to 79 years) completed measures of drinking motives (Time 1) and alcohol use and problems one month later (Time 2). Results Confirmatory factor analyses corroborated the four-factor (social, enhancement, conformity, and coping motives) and five-factor (each item double loading on general motives and a specific motives factor) measurement structures, but the latter rendered stronger fit indices. Structural equation models revealed that lower social motives, higher enhancement motives, and higher coping motives prospectively contributed to alcohol use. Furthermore, lower social motives, higher conformity motives, higher coping motives, and greater alcohol use contributed to alcohol problems. Discussion The same set of paths emerged as significantly predictive in both models, but general motives additionally explained alcohol use and problems in the five-factor model. The incremental contribution of general motives (beyond the specific motives) on alcohol intake and detrimental consequences supports the predictive validity of the drinking reasons paradigm embodied by the inclusion of a global factor.

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Testing the four-factor model of personality vulnerability to alcohol misuse: A three-wave, one-year longitudinal study.

Cited by 61 publications

References 66 publications

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in Relation to Addictive Behaviors and Personality Risk Factors

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in Relation to Addictive Behaviors and Personality Risk Factors

Impulsivity increases risk for coping-motivated drinking in undergraduates with elevated social anxiety

Comparing the predictive validity of the four-factor and five-factor (bifactor) measurement structures of the drinking motives questionnaire

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