Alcohol-related Consequences: Factor Structure and Associations With Trait Mindfulness and Drinking Motivations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to determine if motivations to use alcohol (coping and social motivations) mediate the relationship between trait mindfulness and a variety of alcohol-related consequences and to determine if the relationship between motivations to use alcohol and alcohol-related consequences is moderated by alcohol use. We determined the factor structure of positive and negative consequences of alcohol use and used this structure as outcomes across eight moderated mediation models.

Methods

Data were obtained from 296 undergraduate students to confirm the alcohol-related consequences factor structure and to test eight moderated-mediation models.

Results

Four alcohol-related consequences scales (romantic/sexual, positive, mild negative, and severe negative c

SUBMITTER: Carney LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12328501 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature