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Drinking motives mediate the associations between urgency and hazardous/harmful alcohol use among moderate-to-heavy drinking men who have sex with men (MSM).
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Addictive Behaviors . Nov2020, Vol. 110, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Urgency, the tendency to act rashly under extreme emotions, has been associated with higher rates of hazardous/harmful drinking. Moreover, previous work suggests that the association between urgency and hazardous/harmful drinking may be mediated by drinking motives. The current study sought to replicate and extend this research to men who have sex with men (MSM), a population that has shown increased alcohol-related health risk behavior.<bold>Methods: </bold>Two-hundred-and-fifty-six moderate-to-heavy drinking MSM completed questionnaires assessing urgency, drinking motives, and hazardous/harmful drinking. Regression models were conducted to examine the direct effect of Urgency on heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related consequences and its indirect effects on these outcomes through drinking motives.<bold>Results: </bold>Urgency was significantly associated with heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related consequences. Bootstrapping procedures indicated significant indirect effects through coping and enhancement motives for both outcomes and also conformity for consequences.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These results indicate urgency may be an important risk factor for hazardous/harmful drinking among adult MSM that may operate in part through its effects on coping and enhancement motives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03064603
- Volume :
- 110
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Addictive Behaviors
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144845878
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106520