TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Post-college changes in the association between drinking motives and drinking-related problems
JO  - Addictive behaviors
A1  - Shank, Faith
A1  - Armeli, Stephen
A1  - Hamilton, Hannah R.
A1  - Tennen, Howard
SP  - e106568
EP  - e106568
VL  - 111
IS  - 
N2  - Evidence suggests that drinking cope (DTC) motivation becomes a greater risk factor for drinking-related problems as individuals progress through young adulthood. To test this, we examined how the effect of DTC motivation on a variety of drinking-related problems, controlling for drinking level, changed as individuals made the transition from college life to post-college life. We also included social, enhancement and conformity motives in our models to examine how their unique effects on drinking-related problems change across this developmental period. College students (N = 939) reported their drinking motives, drinking level, and drinking-related problems during college and again approximately five years later (post-college). <br><br>RESULTS showed that DTC motivation became a stronger positive predictor for drinking-related interpersonal problems, but none of the other problem types. Conformity motivation became a stronger positive predictor for five out of the six problem types examined and some evidence indicated that social motives become more protective post-college, showing unique negative associations with certain problems.     Our findings highlight the need to better understand how the effects of drinking motives on distinct types of drinking-related problems might change as individuals advance through early adulthood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-4603
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106568
ID  - ref1
ER  -