Alcohol use and personality relationships in U.S. and Polish adolescents.
To obtain information, which could be useful to the design of intervention and prevention programs for adolescent alcohol users and potential users, personality and alcohol use data were collected from over 300 Polish and U.S. 15-year-olds. Thirty percent of these subjects were already drinking on a more or less consistent basis. Users were angry, nonconforming, and impulsive-antisocial persons in both countries. Future research and potential intervention and prevention strategies are discussed.
Forgays
D K
DK
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.
Forgays
D G
DG
Wrzesniewski
K
K
Bonaiuto
P
P
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology