Personality-targeted interventions delay the growth of adolescent drinking and binge drinking.

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
Patricia J ConrodClare J Mackie

Abstract

Personality factors are implicated in the vulnerability to adolescent alcohol misuse. This study examined whether providing personality-targeted interventions in early adolescence can delay drinking and binge drinking in high-risk youth. A randomised control trial was carried out with 368 adolescents recruited from years 9 and 10 (median age 14) with personality risk factors for substance misuse. Participants received either a personality-targeted intervention or no intervention. Outcome data were collected on alcohol use through self-reports at 6 and 12-month post intervention and analyses were conducted on the full intent to treat sample. Multi-group analysis of a latent growth curve model showed a group difference in the growth of alcohol use between baseline and 6-months follow-up, with the control group showing a greater increase in drinking than the intervention group for this period. Interventions were particularly effective in preventing the growth of binge drinking in those students with a sensation seeking (SS) personality. SS drinkers in the intervention group were 45% and 50% less likely to binge drink at 6 (OR = .45) and 12 months (OR = .50) respectively, than SS drinkers in the control group, p = .001, phi = .49, ...Continue Reading

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