Solitary-specific drinking to cope motives explain unique variance in solitary drinking behavior but not alcohol problems compared to general drinking to cope motives.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adolescent and young adult solitary drinking is prospectively associated with alcohol problems, and it is thus important to understand why individuals engage in this risky drinking behavior. There is substantial evidence that individuals drink alone to cope with negative affect, but all prior studies have assessed motives for alcohol use without specifying the context of such use. Here, we directly compared solitary-specific drinking to cope motives with general drinking to cope motives in their ability to predict solitary drinking behavior and alcohol problems. We hypothesized that solitary-specific drinking motives would provide additional predictive utility in each case.

Methods

Current underage drinkers (N = 307; 90% female; ages 18-20) recruited from a TurkPri

SUBMITTER: Skrzynski CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101636 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature