The association between the five-factor model of personality and problem cannabis use: A meta-analysis

Title
The association between the five-factor model of personality and problem cannabis use: A meta-analysis
Publication Date
2022-07
Author(s)
Winters, Alex M
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1429-9125
Email: awinter9@myune.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:awinter9
Malouff, John M
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-7497
Email: jmalouff@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jmalouff
Schutte, Nicola S
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-7659
Email: nschutte@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nschutte
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2022.111635
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/52089
Abstract

The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine the association between the five-factor model of personality and problem cannabis use. The meta-analysis included eight separate samples from five different studies and a total of 5334 participants. The results of the meta-analysis indicate that four of the traits in the five-factor model of personality traits had a significant association with problem cannabis use: neuroticism (r =0.33, p ≤0.05, 95% CI [0.01,0.59], conscientiousness (r = -0.29, p ≤0.01, 95% CI [-0.46,-0.10], agreeableness (r = -0.29, p ≤0.05, 95% CI [0.01,0.59], and openness (r = 0.18, p ≤0.05, 95% CI [0.03,0.32]. The results suggest that individuals who use cannabis to a problematic extent share a common personality profile that differentiates problematic cannabis use from other forms of addictive behaviors due to the present finding of a positive association with openness to experience, which is not generally found in research on other types of addiction. The findings of this meta-analysis support the value of the five-factor model of personality and may point to the development of new prevention and treatment strategies.

Link
Citation
Personality and Individual Differences, v.193, p. 1-8
ISSN
1873-3549
0191-8869
Start page
1
End page
8

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