Young Chelsie M, DiBello Angelo M, Traylor Zachary K, Zvolensky Michael J, Neighbors Clayton
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 Sep;39(9):1749-55. doi: 10.1111/acer.12799. Epub 2015 Jul 24.
The current study evaluated the roles of drinking motives and shyness in predicting problem alcohol use over 2 years.
First-year college student drinkers (n = 818) completed assessments of alcohol use and related problems, shyness, and drinking motives every 6 months over a 2-year period.
Generalized linear mixed models indicated that shyness was associated with less drinking, but more alcohol-related problems. Further, shyness was associated with coping, conformity, and enhancement drinking motives, but was not associated with social drinking motives. However, when examining coping motives, moderation analyses revealed that social drinking motives were more strongly associated with coping motives among individuals higher in shyness. In addition, coping, conformity, and enhancement motives, but not social motives, mediated associations between shyness and alcohol-related problems over time. Finally, coping motives mediated the association between the interaction of shyness and social motives and alcohol-related problems.
Together, the results suggest that shy individuals may drink to reduce negative affect, increase positive affect, and fit in with others in social situations, which may then contribute to greater risk for subsequent alcohol-related problems.
本研究评估了饮酒动机和羞怯在预测两年内酒精使用问题方面的作用。
一年级大学生饮酒者(n = 818)在两年时间里每6个月完成一次酒精使用及相关问题、羞怯和饮酒动机的评估。
广义线性混合模型表明,羞怯与饮酒量较少相关,但与更多的酒精相关问题相关。此外,羞怯与应对、从众和增强饮酒动机相关,但与社交饮酒动机无关。然而,在考察应对动机时,调节分析显示,在羞怯程度较高的个体中,社交饮酒动机与应对动机的关联更强。此外,随着时间的推移,应对、从众和增强动机而非社交动机介导了羞怯与酒精相关问题之间的关联。最后,应对动机介导了羞怯与社交动机的相互作用和酒精相关问题之间的关联。
综合来看,结果表明羞怯个体可能饮酒以减轻负面影响、增加积极影响并在社交场合中融入他人,这随后可能导致后续酒精相关问题的风险增加。