TY - JOUR
T1 - A longitudinal study of the effects of coping motives, negative affect and drinking level on drinking problems among college students
AU - Armeli, Stephen
AU - Dranoff, Erik
AU - Tennen, Howard
AU - Austad, Carol Shaw
AU - Fallahi, Carolyn R.
AU - Raskin, Sarah
AU - Wood, Rebecca
AU - Pearlson, Godfrey
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [grant number RO1 AA016599], [grant number RC1 AA019036] awarded to Godfrey Pearlson.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - We examined among college students the interactive effects of drinking to cope (DTC) motivation, anxiety and depression symptoms, and drinking level in predicting drinking-related problems (DRPs). Using an Internet-based survey, participants (N = 844, 53% women) first reported on their drinking motives and monthly for up to three months, they reported on their drinking level, anxiety, depression, and DRPs. We found a three-way interaction between DTC motivation and average levels of drinking and anxiety (but not depression) in predicting DRPs. Specifically, among individuals with stronger DTC motives, higher mean levels of anxiety were associated with a stronger positive association between mean drinking levels and DRPs. We did not find three-way interactions in the models examining monthly changes in anxiety, depression, and drinking in predicting monthly DRPs. However, individuals high in DTC motivation showed a stronger positive association between changes in drinking level and DRPs. The results are discussed in terms of mechanisms related to attention-allocation and self-control resource depletion.
AB - We examined among college students the interactive effects of drinking to cope (DTC) motivation, anxiety and depression symptoms, and drinking level in predicting drinking-related problems (DRPs). Using an Internet-based survey, participants (N = 844, 53% women) first reported on their drinking motives and monthly for up to three months, they reported on their drinking level, anxiety, depression, and DRPs. We found a three-way interaction between DTC motivation and average levels of drinking and anxiety (but not depression) in predicting DRPs. Specifically, among individuals with stronger DTC motives, higher mean levels of anxiety were associated with a stronger positive association between mean drinking levels and DRPs. We did not find three-way interactions in the models examining monthly changes in anxiety, depression, and drinking in predicting monthly DRPs. However, individuals high in DTC motivation showed a stronger positive association between changes in drinking level and DRPs. The results are discussed in terms of mechanisms related to attention-allocation and self-control resource depletion.
KW - anxiety
KW - depression
KW - drinking motives
KW - drinking-related problems
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U2 - 10.1080/10615806.2014.895821
DO - 10.1080/10615806.2014.895821
M3 - Article
C2 - 24552203
AN - SCOPUS:84905396508
SN - 1061-5806
VL - 27
SP - 527
EP - 541
JO - Anxiety, Stress and Coping
JF - Anxiety, Stress and Coping
IS - 5
ER -