Long-term changes in the effects of episode-specific drinking to cope motivation on daily well-being.

ABSTRACT: To further understand the role of drinking to cope (DTC) motivation in the development of drinking-related problems during young adulthood, we tested whether the association between episode-specific levels of nighttime DTC motivation and next-day negative affect and self-control depletion symptoms (SCDS) changed from college years to postcollege years (5 years later). We also examined whether these changes were moderated by recent life stress, adult social role attainment and gender, and whether mean levels of these variables were associated with changes in drinking-related problems from college to postcollege years. Participants (N = 927; 54% women) completed a 30-day daily diary during college and again 5 years later in which they reported their previous night's drinking level and motiva

SUBMITTER: Armeli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6242719 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature