Associations between executive functioning, affect-regulation drinking motives, and alcohol use and problems.

ABSTRACT: Motivation to use alcohol to regulate positive and negative affect and deficits in cognitive control (i.e., executive functions [EFs]) have both been associated with increased alcohol involvement and alcohol-related consequences. Although dual-process models predict that affect-driven motivations and cognitive control should interact to determine alcohol involvement and alcohol-related consequences, this intersection has remained largely unexplored. The present study examined the extent to which effects of enhancement and coping drinking motives on alcohol use, heavy drinking, and alcohol-related consequences are moderated by individual differences in three theorized components of EF. We anticipated, in general, that drinking motives would more strongly predict alcohol use, heavy drinking,

SUBMITTER: Martins JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805576 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature