Post-college changes in the association between drinking motives and drinking-related problems.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that drinking cope (DTC) motivation becomes a greater risk factor for drinking-related problems as individuals progress through young adulthood. To test this, we examined how the effect of DTC motivation on a variety of drinking-related problems, controlling for drinking level, changed as individuals made the transition from college life to post-college life. We also included social, enhancement and conformity motives in our models to examine how their unique effects on drinking-related problems change across this developmental period. College students (N = 939) reported their drinking motives, drinking level, and drinking-related problems during college and again approximately five years later (post-college). Results showed that DTC motivation became a stronger positive

SUBMITTER: Shank F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484277 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature