title: Party people: personality and MDMA use of house party visitors.
abstract: Personality characteristics have been linked to substance use, however research on the association between personality and MDMA use is scarce. This study examined differences on Big Five personality dimensions between a population sample of non-hard drug using Dutch adolescents and young adults (n=265), and a sample of young people visiting house parties, including both MDMA- and non-MDMA-users (n=541). Results showed that 71% of the party visitors indicated using MDMA. Group differences were found on conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism-emotional stability, but not on resourcefulness-openness to experience. Compared to the non-hard drug using National respondents, MDMA-using party visitors reported higher levels of extraversion and both MDMA and non-MDMA-using partygoers showed less conscientiousness. Non-MDMA-using partygoers reported less agreeableness and emotional stability than National Sample respondents. MDMA-users actually high on the drug at the moment of administration of the questionnaire did not differ from their non-high counterparts on any of the personality dimensions.
authors.affiliation: University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. t.f.m.terbogt@fss.uu.nl
authors.forename: Tom F M
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: ter Bogt
authors.forename: Rutger C M E
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Engels
authors.forename: Judith Semon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dubas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019969:Amphetamine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006213:Hallucinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010551:Personality / Q000187:drug effects*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011998:Recreation; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D006213:Hallucinogens; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine