title: Alcohol Expectancies Mediate and Moderate the Associations between Big Five Personality Traits and Adolescent Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems.
abstract: Personality and expectancies are relevant psychological factors for the development of adolescent alcohol use and misuse. The present study examined their direct, mediated and moderated effects on different drinking behaviors in adolescence. Personality domains of the five-factor model, positive and negative alcohol expectancies (AEs), alcohol use during the week and the weekend, and alcohol-related problems were assessed in a sample of 361 adolescents. Different personality dimensions were directly associated with specific alcohol outcomes: Extraversion, low Conscientiousness and low Openness were associated with weekend alcohol use; low Agreeableness was related to weekday use; whereas low Agreeableness, low Conscientiousness and Extraversion were associated with alcohol-related problems. In addition, positive AEs mediated the relationship between Extraversion and alcohol use, whereas both positive and negative expectancies mediated the association between Neuroticism and alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. Finally, both types of expectancies interacted with Extraversion to predict alcohol problems. Our results highlight the importance of examining the complex interplay of comprehensive personality models and AEs to gain a better understanding of the development of different alcohol use and misuse patterns in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I Castellón de la Plana, Spain ; Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mezquita
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III Madrid, Spain ; Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Universitat de Lleida Lleida, Spain.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moya-Higueras
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I Castellón de la Plana, Spain ; Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Generós
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ortet
keywords: adolescents; alcohol; expectancies; five-factor model; mediation; moderation; personality