Explicit drinking identity and alcohol problems: The mediating role of drinking to cope
Explicit drinking identity and alcohol problems: The mediating role of drinking to cope
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DOI：
10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.07.031
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Lindgren, Kristen P.
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作者：
DiBello, Angelo M.;Miller, Mary Beth;Lindgren, Kristen P.
饮酒身份，或者将自己视为饮酒者的倾向，是年轻人饮酒及相关后果的独特预测因素；然而，人们对它导致酗酒问题的机制却知之甚少。基于自我呈现和自我验证的观点，我们研究了饮酒作为两个年轻人样本中明确饮酒身份与酒精相关问题之间关联的中介因素。研究数据来自两项大型纵向研究。样本 1 和样本 2 的参与者包括本科生（分别为 55% 和 59% 女性），她们报告在过去三个月内饮酒过。间接效应测试表明，在两个样本中，3 个月的饮酒应对能力显着介导了基线饮酒身份与 6 个月的酒精相关问题之间的正相关关系。相比之下，3 个月的饮酒身份并不能调节基线饮酒应对与 6 个月的酒精相关问题之间的关联。研究结果表明，饮酒倾向较强的人更有可能使用酒精来应对，从而遇到更多问题。因此，饮酒身份可能是大学生的一个重要干预目标，因为它似乎暂时进行饮酒以应对酒精相关问题的预测。
Drinking identity, or the tendency to view one's self as a drinker, is a unique predictor of alcohol use and related consequences among young adults; yet the mechanism by which it leads to alcohol problems is poorly understood. Based on self-presentation and self-verification perspectives, we examined drinking to cope as a mediator of the association between explicit drinking identity and alcohol-related problems among two samples of young adults. Study data come from two large, longitudinal studies. Participants from Sample 1 and Sample 2 included undergraduates (55% and 59% female, respectively) who reported drinking in the previous three months. Tests of the indirect effects indicated that 3-month drinking to cope significantly mediated the positive association between baseline drinldng identity and 6-month alcohol-related problems in both samples. In contrast, 3-month drinking identity did not mediate the association between baseline drinking to cope and 6-month alcohol-related problems. Findings indicate that individuals with a stronger drinking identity are more likely to use alcohol to cope and, subsequently, experience more problems. Thus, drinking identity may be an important intervention target for college students as it appears to temporally proceed drinking to cope in the prediction of alcohol related problems.