@article{ref1,
title="Perceived psychological control relates to coping-related drinking motives via social anxiety among adolescents: a cross-sectional mediation analysis",
journal="Alcohol",
year="2023",
author="Ramarushton, Banan and Blumenthal, Heidemarie and Slavish, Danica C. and Kaminski, Patricia L. and Ramadan, Taqwa and Lewis, Sarah",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Accumulating evidence suggests that particular parenting behaviors (e.g., elevated psychological control) may increase risk for both problematic social anxiety and alcohol use among youth; however, no work has yet examined these factors together in a single model. Building developmentally-sensitive models of problematic alcohol use trajectories is key to developing effective prevention and intervention strategies. <br><br>METHOD: The present study includes 94 adolescents (ages 14-17 years; 53.3% girls; 89.2% White) entering a treatment facility for a variety of internalizing and externalizing forms of psychological distress. Levels of perceived parental psychological control, social anxiety, and coping-related drinking motives were assessed. <br><br>RESULTS: Higher levels of perceived psychological control was associated with a greater endorsement of coping-related drinking motives; however, a significant proportion of that association was accounted for by elevated social anxiety symptoms. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These data extend the existing literature and lay groundwork for more sophisticated experimental and longitudinal designs to corroborate the findings. Moreover, personality-targeted drinking interventions for adolescents may benefit from identifying elevated perceived psychological control as a developmentally relevant risk-factor for social anxiety and problematic drinking motives and administering relevant interventions (e.g., personality-targeted coping skills training, parent-involved care) before drinking patterns are established.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0741-8329",
doi="10.1016/j.alcohol.2023.11.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2023.11.001"
}