@article{ref1,
title="Personality or pathology? Predictors of early substance use in first-year college students",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2021",
author="Mitchell Ba, Benjamin J. and Aurora Ba, Pallavi and Coifman Phd, Karin G.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study was to examine the dual role of personality and psychopathology in predicting substance use among first-year students. PARTICIPANTS: 103 first-semester undergraduate students were recruited via the university subject pool. <br><br>METHODS: Participants completed personality questionnaires, structured clinical interviews, followed by the completion of diary entries each week reporting on substance use throughout their first semester. <br><br>RESULTS: Results indicated that a past diagnosis of an affective (mood/anxiety/stress) disorder was the most significant predictor of substance use. Personality and current psychopathology had no association to substance use. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This finding is consistent with developmental models of substance use relating to emotion-related disease and suggests that greater nuance is needed in understanding substance use risk in college students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2021.1947297",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1947297"
}