In the process of drinking to cope among college students: An examination of specific vs. global coping motives for depression and anxiety symptoms

Addictive Behaviors
Adrian J Bravo, Matthew R Pearson

Abstract

The present study sought to address an issue in the drinking to cope (DTC) motives literature, namely the inconsistent application of treating DTC motives as a single construct and splitting it into DTC-depression and DTC-anxiety motives. Specifically, we aimed to determine if the effects of anxiety and depression on alcohol-related problems are best explained via their associations with DTC with specific affects or via their associations with a more global measure of DTC by testing four distinct models: the effects of anxiety/depression on alcohol-related problems mediated by DTC-anxiety only (Model 1), these effects mediated by DTC-depression only (Model 2), these effects mediated by a combined, global DTC factor (Model 3), and these effects mediated by both DTC-anxiety and DTC-depression (Model 4). Using path analysis/structural equation modeling across two independent samples, we found that there was a significant total indirect effect of both anxiety and depressive symptoms on alcohol-related problems in every model. However, there was a slightly larger indirect effect in all models using the global DTC motives factor compared to even the model that included the two distinct DTC motives. Our results provide some preliminar...Continue Reading

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Mar 5, 2019·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·Margo C Villarosa-HurlockerUNKNOWN Protective Strategies Study Team
Dec 11, 2019·Substance Use & Misuse·Adrian J BravoUNKNOWN Protective Strategies Study Team
Mar 14, 2018·Addictive Behaviors·Rebecca C Windle, Michael Windle

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