Relationship between excite seeking personality and alcohol use among college students in Hunan Province
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2019.02.012
- VernacularTitle:湖南省大学生寻求刺激人格与饮酒的关系
- Author:
Zan XU
1
;
Liang ZHOU
;
Guojun WANG
;
Yunlong DENG
Author Information
1. 中南大学湘雅三医院
- Keywords:
alcohol drinking;
harmful drinking;
excite seeking;
college student;
cross-sectional studies
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2019;33(2):137-142
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To explore the association between excite seeking personality and alcohol use, and provide reference basis for intervention measures of drinking behavior. Methods: Totally 5966 college students in 8universities [2180 males, mean age (20 ± 1) ] were selected from Hunan province by using multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method. We Chat-based anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted by using general questionnaire, excite-seeking personality scales, alcohol questionnaire, and alcohol use disorders identification test. Results: The rate of 12-month alcohol drinking, binge drinking, hazardous and harmful drinking among college students were 47. 5％, 24. 5％, 7. 4％, respectively. High degree of excite seeking personality had more likelihood to having had alcohol drinking, binge drinking, hazardous and harmful drinking (Ps ＜ 0. 01). Excite seeking personality was an independent risk factor of 12-month alcohol drinking, binge drinking, hazardous and harmful drinking. Conclusion: It suggests that excite-seeking personality may be a related factor of alcohol drinking behavior.
