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PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 58-67Publisher
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.1.58
Keywords
social anxiety; alcohol; alcohol-related problems; drinking motives
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [U18AA015885, T32AA007455, U01AA014742] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAAA NIH HHS [T32AA07455, U18AA015885, U01AA014742] Funding Source: Medline
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The present research was conducted to clarify the relationships among social anxiety, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, and negative-reinforcement drinking motives among college students. Heavy drinking students (N = 316, 53.80% female) completed self-report measures of social anxiety, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, and drinking motives. Findings indicated that students higher in social anxiety consumed less alcohol but experienced more negative consequences. Moreover, the relationship between social anxiety and negative consequences was mediated by coping and conformity drinking motives in addition to alcohol consumption. In the context of social anxiety, the current research demonstrates the importance of examining problematic drinking as distinct constructs: alcohol consumption and negative consequences. Findings are also discussed in terms of implications for interventions with socially anxious students.
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