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Personality and Alcohol Abuse

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Alcohol abuse; Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Binge drinking

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    Alcohol use disorder (AUD): an alcohol-related mental health disorder in which an individual meets at least 2 of the 11 criteria of the disorder in the past year. The disorder is divided into mild, moderate, and severe classifications dependent on the number of criteria met (mild, 2–3; moderate, 4–5; severe, 6+). Criteria include being unable to cut down or stop drinking, craving alcohol, needing to drink higher quantities to achieve desired effects, experiencing withdrawal effects, noting that drinking has interfered with one’s daily life or relationships, and noting that drinking has increased one’s risk of being hurt (American Psychiatric Association 2013a).

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    Personality traits: characteristic patterns of thinking and feeling that influence patterns of behavior (American Psychiatric Association 2013b).

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    Personality disorders: a collection of mental health disorders which are classified by...

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  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

    C. Emily Hendrick

  2. The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

    Julie Maslowsky

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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

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  2. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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  1. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

    Anna Czarna

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Hendrick, C.E., Maslowsky, J. (2018). Personality and Alcohol Abuse. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2101-1

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