TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - A longitudinal study of the effects of coping motives, negative affect and drinking level on drinking problems among college students
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Armeli, Stephen
A1  - Dranoff, Erik
A1  - Tennen, Howard
A1  - Austad, Carol Shaw
A1  - Fallahi, Carolyn R.
A1  - Raskin, Sarah
A1  - Wood, Rebecca
A1  - Pearlson, Godfrey
SP  - 527
EP  - 541
VL  - 27
IS  - 5
N2  - We examined among college students the interactive effects of drinking to cope motivation, anxiety and depression symptoms, and drinking level in predicting drinking-related problems. Using an Internet-based survey, participants (N = 844, 53% women) first reported on their drinking motives and monthly for up to 3 months, they reported on their drinking level, anxiety, depression and DRPs. We found a 3-way interaction between drinking to cope motivation and average levels of drinking and anxiety (but not depression) in predicting drinking-related problems. Specifically, among individuals with stronger drinking to cope motives, higher mean levels of anxiety were associated with a stronger positive association between mean drinking levels and drinking-related problems. We did not find 3-way interactions in the models examining monthly changes in anxiety, depression and drinking in predicting monthly drinking-related problems. However, individuals high in drinking to cope motivation showed a stronger positive association between changes in drinking level and drinking-related problems. The results are discussed in terms of mechanisms related to attention-allocation and self-control resource depletion.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2014.895821
ID  - ref1
ER  -