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The Big 5 Personality Factors Correlates of Problem Drinking and Motivation for Alcohol Use Kyung-Hyun Suh*· Eun-Hee Cho** * Dept. of Counseling, Sahmyook University ** Graduate School of Public Health and Welfare, Sahmyook University Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Big 5 personality factors and problem drinking and motivation for alcohol use to provide valuable information for prevention or intervention of adults' drinking problem. Methods: The participants were 300 adults (156 males and 144 females) living in Seoul and suburbs, whose ages ranged from 20 to 63, and average was 29.28 (SD=8.76). Psychological testings were used to measure Big Five personality factors and motivation for alcohol use, and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to measure problem drinking. Results: Males showed higher levels of problem drinking and motivation for alcohol than females. Big 5 personality accounted for only around 2.9% of the variance for problem drink as adjusted by gender. Only extraversion, dispositional personality trait, was positively correlated with dangerous drinking of both males and females, and openness was negatively correlated with males' dependent drinking. Neuroticism, another dispositional personality trait, was only significant predictor for motivation for alcohol use as adjusted by gender. Male's neuroticism was positively correlated with enhancement motives and coping motives for alcohol use, and extraversion positively correlated with social motives. Whereas female's neuroticism and extraversion were positively correlated with social motives. enhancement motives, and coping motives. And, female's openness was also positively correlated with social motives and enhancement motives for alcohol use. Conclusion: The present study suggests that personality is more strongly related to motivation for alcohol use than drinking behavior itself, and relationship between personality and motivation for alcohol use is more valid for females. It was discussed with previous studies and suggested the information for further studies, prevention and intervention of problem drinking.