Exploring Substance Abuse and the Dark Tetrad in Health Sciences and Non-Health Sciences Students.

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Behavioral Sciences Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI:10.3390/bs13090778

Marina Carvalho de Lima Moraes, Giulia Cunha Russo, Julia da Silva Prado, Ariela Raissa Lima-Costa, Bruno Bonfá-Araujo, Julie Aitken Schermer

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Substance abuse can be used as a coping strategy to manage stress related to academic activities and is a risk-taking behavior that is also associated with people with higher levels of the Dark Tetrad personality traits. Our study aimed to investigate the association between substance abuse and the Dark Tetrad in students in health and non-health sciences fields. Our sample was composed of 174 college students between 18 and 58 years old (M = 25.60; SD = 9.14). Students completed self-report psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, sadism, and substance use scales. Results suggest that men consumed more substances and scored higher on the Dark Tetrad than women. Also, when comparing fields, men from health sciences tended to score higher on dark personality traits. These results emphasize the potential risk factors associated with dark personality traits and the consumption of licit and illicit substances by college students, highlighting the need for further studies with this population and the impact of these behaviors and characteristics on future professional practice.

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探索健康科学和非健康科学学生的药物滥用和黑暗四重奏。

药物滥用可以作为一种应对策略来管理与学术活动相关的压力，也是一种冒险行为，也与具有更高水平的黑四角人格特征的人有关。我们的研究旨在调查健康和非健康科学领域学生的药物滥用与深色四面体之间的关系。我们的样本由174名18至58岁的大学生组成（M=25.60；SD=9.14）。学生完成了心理变态、自恋、马基雅维利主义、虐待狂和物质使用量表的自我报告。结果表明，男性比女性消耗更多的物质，在黑暗四重奏中得分更高。此外，在比较领域时，健康科学领域的男性往往在黑暗人格特征上得分更高。这些结果强调了与黑暗人格特征以及大学生合法和非法药物消费相关的潜在风险因素，强调了对这一人群进行进一步研究的必要性，以及这些行为和特征对未来职业实践的影响。

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