Agreeableness And The Facet Of Sensation Seeking : Clinical Considerations For Young Adults And Alcohol Use

Alcohol has always been one of the most profitable industries in the business world. More than $400 billion worth of alcohol purchased in the US alone in 2013 according to an economic website. Alcohol is a common figure where it can be easily spot in every household to grand restaurants, however, it is a huge factor contributed to the death rate each year. It has ruined an innumerable number of people lives due to excessive drinking or affect by an alcoholic person. In his book, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, Sherman Alexie emphasizes how significance alcohol can affect a teenager life, where Junior, the main protagonist has lost 3 family members because of alcohol. He shows that alcoholic should not be taken as a

When Victor was a child his parents would drink a lot and would neglect him because they dealt with their pain by drinking. They drank because they were drinking away the problems caused by the generational trauma they and the generation before them had to endure. For example, during the New Year's party, everyone got drunk, even Victor's parents, left Victor by himself. Victor’s father and mother drank more

In today’s society, alcohol has become one of the main necessities for people to create relaxation, confidence, and the ability to be social. In the short story “A Bartender Tells What Man Did to Booze, and Booze to Man”, an anonymous bartender gives an up close and personal account of his observations about the effects alcohol has on men. He emphasizes the change in their character after a few drinks. Koren Zailckas from Smashed shares a memoir of her life describing her relationship with alcohol abuse and the problems that it caused for her. Although certain types of alcohol are used to support good health, it is the excessive consumption and misuse that leaves people dependent resulting in significant social, physical, and mental

Alcoholism is a disease that not only affects the user’s behavior, but strains financial standing and social interaction (“Alcohol Problems vs. Alcohol Dependency”). Jeanette’s father in The Glass Castle, an undiagnosed alcoholic, would be the poster child for alcoholism in America with his many blatantly obvious symptoms. His relationships with the people around him, his finances, and his control over his actions and emotions deteriorate as the memoir develops. With this, Walls paints a very accurate account of alcoholism and its effect in America.

People of the Victorian Era had very strong opinions about it (Smith 1), and they were certainly unafraid to make their voices heard. During this popular period in European history, middle class men were the ones who were usually grappling with the repercussions of acute alcoholism (Smith 1). Drinking was a very popular pastime for working men of Europe circa-1800s. The term “alcoholism”, however, was coined by a Swedish physician in 1849 (Hanson 1). The later half of the nineteenth century was called “the golden age of the saloon” because this was where most men could have been found in the late evenings, drinking (Hanson 1). Drunkards were looked down upon by most, and they were seen as “wasteful, scorned, and purposeless” by people around them (Smith 1). As the steady influx of people who believed in the latter grew larger and larger, people that disagreed with the consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol formed temperance groups. The temperance movement was a popular, controversial topic of the Victorian Era (Smith 1). Their beliefs revolved around the curbing of alcoholism in the working class. A common misconception is that temperance groups’ prerogative is to outlaw the consumption of alcoholic beverages (Smith 1), but this is not the case. Temperance groups want only to control the alcoholism in their society and reduce the grasp it has on people’s lives. Conversely, the working class that supported drinking argued that it was irrelevant (Smith 1) and had no bearing to the “more pressing” issues of the era (Smith 1). The working class insisted that the temperance movements were diverting people’s attention from “more important” matters, such as the myriad of health concerns associated with pollution and sanitation (Smith

Throughout time, New York is known for many things. However, alcohol is one of the most topics that pop in people’s heads in one of the most famous states. New York is the capital of Bars and Saloons still to this day. Walking through the City in today’s world, you will see some sort of bar on almost every other block. Back in the early nineteen hundreds, a number of different people wanted to put a stop to the madness of Alcohol, due to what it caused. The main sex that this was towards was males. Women were saying when men came home after drinking, they were very violent. And wife’s said that the men would spend the little money they were making on alcohol and couldn’t afford necessities for the families.

The narrator of Ten Nights in a Barroom believes that the abnormality of drinking alcohol has a negative effect on the lives of men. However, he suspiciously promotes the anti-temperance movement by staying in the barroom while others drink. If the narrator’s contradicting attitude is overlooked, he may be easily seen as a harsh, judging man that interferes with the lives of others who he does not know; the novel might also be read only as a simple temperance tract. Ten Nights in a Barroom is not about judging other people; rather, the novel represents one’s longing for social fellowship and freedom that the men in the bar find by drinking alcohol.

So, what type of “drunk” are you? This simple question shows the connection between how the current era and eras far behind us are closely related; It has been pondered nowadays as well as far back as in the days of prohibition. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920’s; however, prohibition was set in place in november of 1918 which outlawed the sale of alcohol under a certain percentage. In our current times alcohol is legal to buy, however, the attitudes and damage from alcohol is still the same as in the 1920’s. Although buying alcohol was illegal, people back then still acquired it, the effects that the alcohol and prohibition are shown through the characters, and our society relates to theirs very much so.

The mean age of the participants was 19.3 which means our sample was very close to the average age of college students. The standard deviation between participants was .955, the minimum age was 18 years old and the maximum was 22 years old. 3 out of the 102 participants age were missing from the data. The question responses were used to find the standard deviation and mean for the Big Five personality trait score. The Big Five personality traits are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experiences. The response scales for these were from a 1 to 7, with a range of 6. The higher the response score the more the participant agreed with the statement and the lower the score less the participant

Many current studies are being done on the topic of “addictive personalities. This has been a debatable topic over the years.” In this article, researchers are analyzing the men who had consumed excessive amount of alcohol vs. those in a controlled population. The main objective of this article, is to provide the statistical information, as to rather or not men who consumes alcohol have different personalities to those who are under a controlled population. Questions to be determined are: Do men with excessive alcohol consumption and social stability have an addictive personality versus those who are in a controlled set population? Are there any hidden traits that could cause addictive personalities? Are there any specific personality patterns in those who excessively drink? To evaluate both sets, they were separated into groups or into multidimensional typologies. The males who excessively drink (n=100) and those in a controlled population (n=131). The heavy drinkers were then recruited by advertisement in a regional daily newspaper, while the controlled group was based Swedish Twin Registry. These personalities were then assessed by the Karolinska scales of personalities (KSP). Which were then compared with the normative data. To investigate further, the researchers then used a multivariate projection based approach to look for any hidden structures of traits and any relationships within the groups of heavy drinkers vs. the controlled population to see what would be

Especially noted with the certain perks that come with living in the exclusive American Dream, the use of alcoholic beverages regards one to be high in social standing and well off in the world, owning exquisite taste in products only the best of the best should be deserving of. “All that bubbly all that wine Oh man look at the times didn’t they notice?” John Legend indicated those with the wine are intoxicated not only from the alcohol but also the natural surrounding. Neglectful of the struggles faced down on lower levers, unphased by the strife cause below, they forget to humanely feel compassion, even for a minute second. Such actions cause the conscious mind to reach a state bordering a comatose where being filled with the pleasures of the American Dream blinds their conscious which shall awake only to protect the comatose environment such so that the body can comprehend for themselves that like-bodied people understand this experience because they alone deserve it. Connecting the Hughes’ poem, the young white man has it all, taken from the tainted hands of workers to keep himself clean. There isn’t a trace of blemish to be found so it is an entrapment yet again for all to understand that his American Dream benefits off their work, and benefits the less he cares about humane treatment

The NEO- PI-R is a self -administered questionnaire based on the Five Factor Model. The NEO PI-R is considered to be a concise measure of the five factor domains of personality (Costa & McCrae, 19921). It contains six traits or facets in each of the five domains. The domains are Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness (Costa & McCrae, 19921). These domains help to provide an assessment of a normal adult personality. The test consists of 240 items and three validity items (Costa & McCrae, 19921). The test requires at least a sixth grade reading level. Included in the NEO PI-R test manual is the NEO Five Factor Inventory. This inventory was validated in the four studies conducted by Holden, Wasylkiw, Starzyk, Book and Edwards (2006) in their article about the construct validity of the big four personality clusters.

Zuckerman distribute a test known as the sensation-seeking assessment, which can conclude multiple physiological uses. Based on the first quote in Li and Tsai’s Impact of Extra of Extraversion and Sensation Seeking on International Tourism it summarizes a very introductory motivation for the test by saying “Personality can be defined as an individual’s enduring pattern of thoughts, emotions, and behavior occurring in different environments.” (Hogan, 1987). The test itself is compounded of a sum of question that each follows a certain category: boredom susceptibility, disinhibition, experience seeking, and thrill and adventure seeking. Each question is susceptible in a trait that utilize in various research and surveys; however, the individuality

In Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, both the American man and the girl, Jig, drink alcohol throughout their conversations. While the couple discuss the “operation” as they wait for their train to Madrid, alcohol is constantly being served. Alcohol plays a significant role in this short story, representing their idle relationship with one another. It also represents their longing for alternative lifestyles. The act of drinking alcohol for Jig particularly, foreshadows her choice to abort the baby. Drinking and alcohol only brings a negative connotation to the story.

The high-minded ideas of their elders were not to be trusted; the only reality was truth and that was harsh. Life was futile and often meaningless. According to "President Harding's 'back to normalcy' policy, subject seemed to its members(the lost generation) to be hopelessly provincial, materialistic, and emotionally barren"(“Lost Generation” 487). This demonstrates why this generation was in search of its own values. "The moral hypocrisy of Prohibition that so irritated Hemingway's generation produced exactly the reaction that Hemingway documents in his novel"(Reynolds 62).