ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Alcohol use and personality change in middle and older adulthood: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study
Martina Luchetti,
Antonio Terracciano,
Yannick Stephan, Angelina R. Sutin,
Corresponding Author
Martina Luchetti
Florida State University College of Medicine
Correspondence Martina Luchetti, Florida State University College of Medicine, 1115 W. Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAntonio Terracciano
Florida State University College of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorMartina Luchetti,
Antonio Terracciano,
Yannick Stephan, Angelina R. Sutin,
Corresponding Author
Martina Luchetti
Florida State University College of Medicine
Correspondence Martina Luchetti, Florida State University College of Medicine, 1115 W. Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAntonio Terracciano
Florida State University College of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorFunding information: Research reported in this publication was supported by the the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG053297
Abstract
Objective
Personality is known to predict alcohol consumption, but how alcohol use is related to personality change is less clear, especially at older ages. The present study examined the effects of level of alcohol consumption and history of dependence on change in the Five-Factor Model personality traits in a national cohort of Americans aged over 50.
Method
Over 10,000 adults who participated in 2006–2008 waves of the Health and Retirement Study reported on personality and alcohol use and were followed over 4 years.
Results
Latent difference score models indicated decreases in Extraversion to be attenuated for individuals categorized as light-to-moderate drinkers at baseline, whereas decreases in Conscientiousness were accentuated by having experienced alcohol dependence symptoms. Moreover, personality difference scores correlated with changes in the amount of alcohol consumed at follow-up.
Conclusions
The findings suggest that patterns of alcohol consumption are associated with changes in personality across the second half of the life span.
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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