The direct effect of drinking to cope on alcohol problems is not mediated by alcohol consumption: Invariance across gender and countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drinking to cope with negative affect confers a direct risk of alcohol problems independently of greater alcohol consumption (i.e., confers susceptibility to the alcohol harm paradox). However, it remains unclear whether this risk is common across gender and countries.

Methods

The current study applied path analysis to two cross-sectional samples of 18-25-year-old undergraduate hazardous drinking students recruited from the UK (Study 1; N = 873) and internationally (Study 2; N = 4064 recruited in Argentina, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Uruguay, USA, and England). The Drinking Motives Questionnaire (DMQ) measured drinking to cope with negative affect and drinking to enhance positive affect (i.e., enhancement motives). The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (

SUBMITTER: Shuai R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9640946 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature