Department of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2018 Nov;32(7):715-726. doi: 10.1037/adb0000409. Epub 2018 Oct 11.
To further understand the role of drinking to cope (DTC) motivation in the development of drinking-related problems during young adulthood, we tested whether the association between episode-specific levels of nighttime DTC motivation and next-day negative affect and self-control depletion symptoms (SCDS) changed from college years to postcollege years (5 years later). We also examined whether these changes were moderated by recent life stress, adult social role attainment and gender, and whether mean levels of these variables were associated with changes in drinking-related problems from college to postcollege years. Participants (N = 927; 54% women) completed a 30-day daily diary during college and again 5 years later in which they reported their previous night's drinking level and motivation and their current negative affect and SCDS. We assessed drinking-related problems at both waves and recent life stress and adult social roles at Wave 2. DTC motivation was positively associated with next-day levels of negative affect and SCDS. The effect of DTC motivation on anxiety and SCDS became stronger over time. The effect of DTC motivation on depressive affect and anger (a) decreased across time among individuals who attained more adult roles and (b) was weaker among individuals who reported lower levels of postcollege life stress. Mean levels of postcollege DTC motivation was indirectly related to changes in drinking-related problems from college to postcollege through mean levels of negative affect and SCDS. Our findings indicate that DTC might exert its unique long-term effects on alcohol use disorders through disruption of daily emotion-regulation processes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
为了进一步了解饮酒应对（DTC）动机在年轻人中发展为与饮酒相关问题的作用，我们检验了特定夜间 DTC 动机水平与次日负性情绪和自我控制损耗症状（SCDS）之间的关联是否从大学时期到大学毕业后时期（5 年后）发生变化。我们还检验了这些变化是否受到近期生活压力、成年社会角色获得和性别调节，以及这些变量的平均水平是否与从大学到大学毕业后的饮酒相关问题的变化有关。参与者（N = 927；54%为女性）在大学期间和 5 年后完成了 30 天的每日日记，其中他们报告了前一天晚上的饮酒水平和动机，以及当前的负性情绪和 SCDS。我们在两个波次评估了饮酒相关问题和近期生活压力以及成年社会角色。DTC 动机与次日的负性情绪和 SCDS 水平呈正相关。随着时间的推移，DTC 动机对焦虑和 SCDS 的影响变得更强。随着时间的推移，在获得更多成年角色的个体中，DTC 动机对抑郁情绪和愤怒的影响（a）减弱；（b）在报告较低的大学后生活压力的个体中，这种影响较弱。大学后 DTC 动机的平均水平通过负性情绪和 SCDS 的平均水平与从大学到大学后的饮酒相关问题的变化间接相关。我们的研究结果表明，DTC 可能通过破坏日常情绪调节过程对酒精使用障碍产生独特的长期影响。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2018 APA，保留所有权利）。
