Intraindividual association of PTSD symptoms with binge drinking among trauma-exposed students.

ABSTRACT: People, particularly undergraduate students, who report elevated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at elevated risk of binge drinking. The present study used ecological momentary assessment to (a) evaluate whether PTSD severity, specifically, or psychological distress, generally, are associated with binge drinking and (b) examine the self-medication and susceptibility models of the comorbidity of PTSD with binge drinking while accounting for shared liability (i.e., the between-person association of PTSD symptom severity with binge drinking). Within a larger study of undergraduate student mental health, for 14 days, students who reported a potentially traumatic experience (N = 276) reported nightly on use of alcohol and psychoactive substances and thrice daily on current

SUBMITTER: Rappaport LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463629 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature