TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Personality or pathology? Predictors of early substance use in first-year college students
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Mitchell Ba, Benjamin J.
A1  - Aurora Ba, Pallavi
A1  - Coifman Phd, Karin G.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1947297
ID  - ref1
ER  -