Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students
The study investigates correlates (i.e. demographics, personality, alcohol use and alcohol-related harm, alcohol expectancies, and mental health) of different alcoholic beverage preferences (i.e. beer/alcopops/cider, wine, and liquor/spirits). Data were collected by an online survey during fall 2016...
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doaj-c95ae762988b4ab799745dbca26f4cf32021-08-09T18:41:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Psychology2331-19082020-12-017110.1080/23311908.2020.18243051824305Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among studentsEilin K. Erevik0Torbjørn Torsheim1Øystein Vedaa2Cecilie S Andreassen3Ståle Pallesen4University of BergenUniversity of BergenNorwegian Institute of Public HealthUniversity of BergenUniversity of BergenThe study investigates correlates (i.e. demographics, personality, alcohol use and alcohol-related harm, alcohol expectancies, and mental health) of different alcoholic beverage preferences (i.e. beer/alcopops/cider, wine, and liquor/spirits). Data were collected by an online survey during fall 2016. Participants were invited to the survey based on participation in a former survey that was sent to students in Bergen, Norway, in fall 2015. The current sample consists of 5,217 participants. A multinomial regression analysis was conducted, where alcoholic beverage preferences comprised the dependent variable. Several correlates were associated with beverage preferences. For instance, being a woman and the personality trait conscientiousness were inversely related to a preference for beer/alcopops/cider while positively associated with a preference for wine. Preferences for wine or liquor/spirits were positively associated with depression and inversely related to anxiety. Conscientiousness as a personality trait might be a common factor in the relationship between wine preference and favourable health outcomes, and this trait should be controlled for in future studies. The current findings seem contrary to the assumed gender equality in Norway, where the strong association between sex and alcoholic beverage preferences suggests that traditional gender divisions prevail even in the current young and urban sample.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2020.1824305alcoholic beverage preferencesstudentsdepressionanxietyalcohol usepersonality |
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Eilin K. Erevik Torbjørn Torsheim Øystein Vedaa Cecilie S Andreassen Ståle Pallesen Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students Cogent Psychology alcoholic beverage preferences students depression anxiety alcohol use personality |
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Eilin K. Erevik Torbjørn Torsheim Øystein Vedaa Cecilie S Andreassen Ståle Pallesen |
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Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students |
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Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students |
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Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students |
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Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students |
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Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students |
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demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students |
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Cogent Psychology |
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The study investigates correlates (i.e. demographics, personality, alcohol use and alcohol-related harm, alcohol expectancies, and mental health) of different alcoholic beverage preferences (i.e. beer/alcopops/cider, wine, and liquor/spirits). Data were collected by an online survey during fall 2016. Participants were invited to the survey based on participation in a former survey that was sent to students in Bergen, Norway, in fall 2015. The current sample consists of 5,217 participants. A multinomial regression analysis was conducted, where alcoholic beverage preferences comprised the dependent variable. Several correlates were associated with beverage preferences. For instance, being a woman and the personality trait conscientiousness were inversely related to a preference for beer/alcopops/cider while positively associated with a preference for wine. Preferences for wine or liquor/spirits were positively associated with depression and inversely related to anxiety. Conscientiousness as a personality trait might be a common factor in the relationship between wine preference and favourable health outcomes, and this trait should be controlled for in future studies. The current findings seem contrary to the assumed gender equality in Norway, where the strong association between sex and alcoholic beverage preferences suggests that traditional gender divisions prevail even in the current young and urban sample. |
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