title: Extraversion and the Rewarding Effects of Alcohol in a Social Context.
abstract: The personality trait of extraversion has been linked to problematic drinking patterns. Researchers have long hypothesized that such associations are attributable to increased alcohol-reward sensitivity among extraverted individuals, and surveys suggest that individuals high in extraversion gain greater mood enhancement from alcohol than those low in extraversion. Surprisingly, however, alcohol administration studies have not found individuals high in extraversion to experience enhanced mood following alcohol consumption. Of note, prior studies have examined extraverted participants-individuals who self-identify as being highly social-consuming alcohol in isolation. In the present research, we used a group drinking paradigm to examine whether individuals high in extraversion gained greater reward from alcohol than did those low in extraversion and, further, whether a particular social mechanism (partners’ Duchenne smiling) might underlie alcohol reward sensitivity among extraverted individuals. Social drinkers (n 720) consumed a moderate dose of alcohol, placebo, or control beverage in groups of 3 over the course of 36 min. This social interaction was video-recorded, and Duchenne smiling was coded using the Facial Action Coding System. Results indicated that participants high in extraversion reported significantly more mood enhancement from alcohol than did those low in extraversion. Further, mediated moderation analyses focusing on Duchenne smiling of group members indicated that social processes fully and uniquely accounted for alcohol reward-sensitivity among individuals high in extraversion. Results provide initial experimental evidence that individuals high in extraversion experience increased mood-enhancement from alcohol and further highlight the importance of considering social processes in the etiology of alcohol use disorder.
authors.forename: Catharine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Fairbairn
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sayette
authors.forename: Aidan G C
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Jeffrey F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: Kasey G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Creswell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000187:drug effects; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012201:Reward; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
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