@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol use and aggression among men in residential treatment for substance use disorders: the moderating role of mindfulness facets",
journal="Mindfulness",
year="2021",
author="Garner, Alisa R. and Shorey, Ryan C. and Anderson, Scott and Stuart, Gregory L.",
volume="12",
number="11",
pages="2681-2692",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Aggressive behaviors are consistently linked to alcohol use and are over-represented among individuals in substance misuse treatment compared to the general population. Trait mindfulness (i.e., a multifaceted construct including attending to and accepting experiences) had an inverse relationship with aggression such that greater trait mindfulness may attenuate the risk alcohol use poses for aggression. <br><br>METHOD: We examined the moderating effect of the five facets of trait mindfulness on the relationship between alcohol use/problems and aggressive attitudes, physical aggression, and verbal aggression among 516 men in residential treatment for substance use disorders. <br><br>RESULTS: Explication of the significant interactions utilizing the Johnson-Neyman technique revealed alcohol use/problems positively related to aggressive attitudes for men with below average and average Nonreactivity and Acting mindfulness facets. The positive relationship between alcohol use/problems and verbal aggression was present among men below average in Nonreactivity and Acting. Alcohol use/problems positively related to physical aggression among men below average and average in the mindfulness facets of Describe and Acting. Furthermore, alcohol use/problems positively related to aggressive attitudes and physical aggression among men average or above average in the mindfulness facet of Observe. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that among men who misuse substances, the relation between alcohol use and aggression may be conditional and influenced by deficits in trait mindfulness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1868-8527",
doi="10.1007/s12671-021-01730-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01730-5"
}