Alcohol use in college students: effects of level of self-esteem, narcissism, and contingencies of self-worth.
The unique effects of level of self-esteem, narcissism, and contingencies of self-worth assessed prior to college on alcohol use during the freshman year were examined in a longitudinal study of 620 college students. Narcissism predicted alcohol use, but level of self-esteem did not. Basing self-worth on appearance predicted more alcohol use, whereas the virtue, God's love, and academic competence contingencies predicted less alcohol use, independent of other personality measures and joining a sorority or a fraternity. Further, the virtue and academic competence contingencies were associated with decreases in alcohol use from the 1st to the 2nd semester.
Luhtanen
Riia K
RK
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA. riia@umich.edu
Crocker
Jennifer
J
D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities