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International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

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01-02-2018 | Original Article

Mood-Induced Drinking in Coping with Anxiety-Motivated and Socially Motivated Drinkers: a Lab-Based Experiment

Authors: Jamie-Lee Collins, Alissa Pencer, Sherry H. Stewart

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Alcohol misuse is a major problem on university campuses. One way to determine which students are at risk is to examine their drinking motives. Coping with anxiety-motivated (CAM) drinkers have been found to have elevated alcohol problems, even after controlling for alcohol consumption levels. Socially motivated (SM) drinkers do not show elevated alcohol problems. The current study investigated the impact of mood induction (positive or anxious) and drinking motive (CAM or SM) on laboratory alcohol consumption levels in a sample of 81 undergraduate drinkers. SM drinkers consumed more alcohol when a positive vs. anxious mood was induced (t(42) = −2.18, p = .04). Contrary to hypotheses, CAM drinkers did not consume more alcohol when an anxious vs. positive mood was induced (t(35) = −0.21, p = .84). However, they did not exhibit the normative pattern of reducing alcohol use when experiencing an anxious mood. CAM drinkers’ increased alcohol problems may be related to this lack of inhibition of drinking when experiencing negative mood states.

One participant screened positive for recent alcohol use and had to be rescheduled to participate in the experiment on another day.

Note: total alcohol consumed was also investigated as a dependent variable. The findings did not differ between the two sets of results.

The correlation between social and enhancement motives scores was r = .29, p < .01.

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Title: Mood-Induced Drinking in Coping with Anxiety-Motivated and Socially Motivated Drinkers: a Lab-Based Experiment
Authors: Jamie-Lee Collins
Alissa Pencer
Sherry H. Stewart
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-017-9800-9

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