According to the journal article ''Alcohol use and personality change in middle and older adulthood'' published in the journal the ''Journal of Personalized Medicine'': "Findings from the Health and Retirement Study Latent difference score models indicated decreases in extraversion to be attenuated for individuals categorized as light-to-moderate drinkers at baseline, while decreases in conscientiousness were accentuated by having experienced alcohol dependence symptoms. Moreover, personality difference scores correlated with changes in the amount of alcohol consumed at follow-up."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054906/ ''Alcohol use and personality change in middle and older adulthood''], ''Journal of Personalized Medicine'', 2018 Dec; 86(6): 1003–1016. Published online 2018 Feb 14. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12371</ref> | According to the journal article ''Alcohol use and personality change in middle and older adulthood'' published in the journal the ''Journal of Personalized Medicine'': "Findings from the Health and Retirement Study Latent difference score models indicated decreases in extraversion to be attenuated for individuals categorized as light-to-moderate drinkers at baseline, while decreases in conscientiousness were accentuated by having experienced alcohol dependence symptoms. Moreover, personality difference scores correlated with changes in the amount of alcohol consumed at follow-up."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054906/ ''Alcohol use and personality change in middle and older adulthood''], ''Journal of Personalized Medicine'', 2018 Dec; 86(6): 1003–1016. Published online 2018 Feb 14. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12371</ref> |