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Abstract

Alcohol use starts during adolescence and is influenced by multiple biopsychosocial variables. The influence of different regulatory policies (e.g., legal drinking age, prices) on youth access to alcohol has been studied to a macro-social level. However, the availability of alcohol on an individual level (e.g., pocket money) has received little attention. Another environmental variable that influences adolescents’ alcohol consumption is the peer group. Moreover, psychological variables such as being more extraverted and impulsive play a significant role in this behaviour in adolescence. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between personality, pocket money, and affiliation with deviant peers to alcohol consumption in adolescents. A sample of 390 high school students completed the Js neo-s, the Deviant Peer Scale (dPs), and the aisuJi questionnaires. Linear regression analyses showed that extraverted teenagers, if they had more pocket money or deviant peers, consumed more alcohol. In addition, higher extraversion combined with higher pocket money was related to more alcohol use. This result was also found in lower conscientiousness combined with having deviant peers. These results show the predictive value of personality, pocket money, and affiliation with deviant peers on drinking. Furthermore, environmental variables (pocket money and deviant peers) seem to moderate the effect of personality on alcohol consumption. keywords: Alcohol, Pocket money, Personality, Adolescence, peers.