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Research paper thumbnail of Dyadic Conflict, Drinking to Cope, and Alcohol-Related Problems: A Psychometric Study and Longitudinal Actor–Partner Interdependence Model

Journal of Family Psychology, 2015

The motivational model of alcohol use posits that individuals may consume alcohol to cope with ne... more The motivational model of alcohol use posits that individuals may consume alcohol to cope with negative affect. Conflict with others is a strong predictor of coping motives, which in turn predict alcohol-related problems. Two studies examined links between conflict, coping motives, and alcohol-related problems in emerging adult romantic dyads. It was hypothesized that the association between conflict and alcohol-related problems would be mediated by coping-depression and coping-anxiety motives. It was also hypothesized that this would be true for actor (i.e., how individual factors influence individual behaviors) and partner effects (i.e., how partner factors influence individual behaviors) and at the between- (i.e., does not vary over the study period) and within-subjects (i.e., varies over the study period) levels. Both studies examined participants currently in a romantic relationship who consumed ≥12 alcoholic drinks in the past year. Study 1 was cross-sectional using university students (N = 130 students; 86.9% female; M = 21.02 years old, SD = 3.43). Study 2 used a 4-wave, 4-week longitudinal design with romantic dyads (N = 100 dyads; 89% heterosexual; M = 22.13 years old, SD = 5.67). In Study 2, coping-depression motives emerged as the strongest mediator of the conflict-alcohol-related problems association, and findings held for actor effects but not partner effects. Supplemental analyses revealed that this mediational pathway only held among women. Within any given week, alcohol-related problems changed systematically in the same direction between romantic partners. Interventions may wish to target coping-depression drinking motives within couples in response to conflict to reduce alcohol-related problems. (PsycINFO Database Record

Research paper thumbnail of Drinking Motives and Attentional Bias to Affective Stimuli in Problem and Non-Problem Drinkers

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Validation of the Gambling Motives Questionnaire in Emerging Adults

Journal of Gambling Studies, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Dyadic Conflict, Drinking to Cope, and Alcohol-Related Problems: A Psychometric Study and Longitudinal Actor–Partner Interdependence Model

Journal of Family Psychology, 2015

The motivational model of alcohol use posits that individuals may consume alcohol to cope with ne... more The motivational model of alcohol use posits that individuals may consume alcohol to cope with negative affect. Conflict with others is a strong predictor of coping motives, which in turn predict alcohol-related problems. Two studies examined links between conflict, coping motives, and alcohol-related problems in emerging adult romantic dyads. It was hypothesized that the association between conflict and alcohol-related problems would be mediated by coping-depression and coping-anxiety motives. It was also hypothesized that this would be true for actor (i.e., how individual factors influence individual behaviors) and partner effects (i.e., how partner factors influence individual behaviors) and at the between- (i.e., does not vary over the study period) and within-subjects (i.e., varies over the study period) levels. Both studies examined participants currently in a romantic relationship who consumed ≥12 alcoholic drinks in the past year. Study 1 was cross-sectional using university students (N = 130 students; 86.9% female; M = 21.02 years old, SD = 3.43). Study 2 used a 4-wave, 4-week longitudinal design with romantic dyads (N = 100 dyads; 89% heterosexual; M = 22.13 years old, SD = 5.67). In Study 2, coping-depression motives emerged as the strongest mediator of the conflict-alcohol-related problems association, and findings held for actor effects but not partner effects. Supplemental analyses revealed that this mediational pathway only held among women. Within any given week, alcohol-related problems changed systematically in the same direction between romantic partners. Interventions may wish to target coping-depression drinking motives within couples in response to conflict to reduce alcohol-related problems. (PsycINFO Database Record

Research paper thumbnail of Drinking Motives and Attentional Bias to Affective Stimuli in Problem and Non-Problem Drinkers

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Validation of the Gambling Motives Questionnaire in Emerging Adults

Journal of Gambling Studies, 2014

Languages: Česky | Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Nederlands | Português | ภ... more Languages: Česky | Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Nederlands | Português | ภาษาไทย | 한국어 | 日本語 | 中文(繁體) | 中文(简体)

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