Forkus Shannon R, Schick Melissa R, Goncharenko Svetlana, Thomas Emmanuel D, Contractor Ateka A, Weiss Nicole H
Department of Psychology, Univeristy of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
Mil Psychol. 2021 Jan 5;33(1):41-49. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2020.1842640. eCollection 2021.
Alcohol misuse is a serious and pervasive problem among US military Veterans. The commission or omission of acts that transgress important moral standards, known as potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs), has been theoretically and empirically linked to alcohol misuse in this population. Emotion dysregulation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of alcohol misuse and may be relevant in the context of PMIEs. The goal of this study was to examine the roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation in the relation between PMIEs and alcohol misuse. Participants were a community sample of US military Veterans who were predominantly white (69.5%) and male (71.6%), with a mean age of 38.00. The interaction between PMIEs and both negative and positive emotion dysregulation (separately) significantly predicted alcohol misuse. Simple slopes tests revealed that the relation between PMIEs and alcohol misuse was only significant at high levels of negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Findings underscore the potential utility of targeting both negative and positive emotion dysregulation in alcohol misuse interventions for military Veterans experiencing PMIEs.
酒精滥用在美国退伍军人中是一个严重且普遍存在的问题。违反重要道德标准的行为(无论是实施还是未实施),即潜在的道德伤害事件(PMIEs),在理论和实证上都与该群体中的酒精滥用有关。情绪失调与酒精滥用的发病机制有关,并且在PMIEs的背景下可能也有相关性。本研究的目的是探讨消极和积极情绪失调在PMIEs与酒精滥用关系中的作用。参与者是美国退伍军人的社区样本,主要为白人(69.5%)和男性(71.6%),平均年龄为38.00岁。PMIEs与消极和积极情绪失调(分别)之间的交互作用显著预测了酒精滥用。简单斜率检验表明,PMIEs与酒精滥用之间的关系仅在消极和积极情绪失调程度较高时显著。研究结果强调了在针对经历PMIEs的退伍军人进行酒精滥用干预时,同时针对消极和积极情绪失调的潜在效用。