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Drinking Motives, Alcohol Misuse, and Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology across College: A Cross-Lagged Panel Study.
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Substance use & misuse [Subst Use Misuse] 2023; Vol. 58 (11), pp. 1377-1387. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 20. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Drinking motives are strong proximal predictors of alcohol use behaviors and may represent a mediational mechanism by which different individual predispositions toward internalizing or externalizing psychopathology lead to the development of alcohol misuse. However, whether the association is due to a causal relationship or a shared etiology (i.e., confounding) is difficult to determine and may change across developmental periods. Methods: This study leveraged a cross-lagged panel design to disentangle the nature of the relationships between self-report measures of drinking motives, alcohol misuse, and internalizing and externalizing psychopathology in a 4-year longitudinal sample of college students ( N = 9,889). Results: Results pointed to a putative causal effect of drinking motives on early binge drinking frequency, but the direction of effect later reversed, reflecting a possible developmental shift during college. On the other hand, the relationships between drinking motives and internalizing/externalizing psychopathology appeared to be driven by shared etiology rather than direct causal mechanisms. Conclusions: These findings highlight the distinct and important role of drinking motives in the etiology of alcohol misuse and have implications for the application of tailored prevention and treatment strategies.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-2491
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Substance use & misuse
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37339914
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2023.2223269