Social discomfort moderates the relationship between drinking in response to negative affect and solitary drinking in underage drinkers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Research shows that solitary drinking is associated with negative reinforcement motives (i.e., relieving negative affect). An untested hypothesis proposes that this association may be especially strong for individuals who experience social discomfort. This study aimed to 1) replicate findings linking solitary drinking to social discomfort (i.e., loneliness, social anxiety, and lack of perceived social support), alcohol problems, and drinking in response to negative affect (i.e., drinking to cope motives and inability to resist alcohol during negative affect), and 2) investigate whether greater social discomfort moderates the relationship between drinking in response to negative affect and solitary drinking in underage drinkers.

Method

Current alcohol drinkers ages

SUBMITTER: Skrzynski C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5791525 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature