Abstract

GANTIVA DIAZ, Carlos Andrés; RODRIGUEZ MATERON, Mónica; GONZALEZ BOBADILLA, Miyer  and  VERA MALDONADO, Anderssen. Personality profile of moderate and excessive consumers psychoactive substances. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2011, n.28, pp.24-38. ISSN 0123-417X.

The objective of this research was to identify differences in personality profile in moderate and excessive consumers of psychoactive substances. We used a comparative descriptive design; 215 college students participated with an average age of 20.9 years who filled a survey of psychoactive substance use and the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ). The results show that the three most consumed substances are alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana; that 50.7% of subjects use two or more psychoactive substances and 47% have a harmful use of substances. We identified significant differences and negative correlations in personality factor Strength and sub-factors Cooperation, Conscientiousness, Perseverance and Openness to culture, all scoring higher in moderate drinkers. These results validate the hypothesis that self-control is the ability to modulate the progression to a harmful drinking.

Keywords : Psychoactive substances; personality; self control; moderate consumption; excessive consumption.

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