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Anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, and discomfort intolerance in relation to coping and conformity motives for alcohol use and alcohol use problems among young adult drinkers.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20719435     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, and discomfort intolerance have been identified as important factors related to alcohol use motives and alcohol-related problems. Yet, these variables are highly correlated and little work has delineated whether these psychological vulnerability factors are differentially related to alcohol use motives and problems. To fill this gap in the existing literature, the present study evaluated whether anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, and discomfort intolerance were differentially related to high-risk alcohol use motives (i.e., coping and conformity motives) and alcohol use problems among 224 young adult, current drinkers (52.3% women; M(age)=21.18, SD=7.08). Results indicated that distress tolerance, but not anxiety sensitivity or discomfort intolerance, was significantly related to coping motives for alcohol use. Additionally, anxiety sensitivity, but not distress tolerance or discomfort intolerance, was significantly related to conformity motives for drinking. For both sets of analyses, the observed significant effects were evident above and beyond the variance accounted for by alcohol consumption level, smoking rate, negative affectivity, and non-criterion alcohol use motives. Additionally, discomfort intolerance and anxiety sensitivity each predicted alcohol use problems; effects were not attributable to negative affectivity, cigarettes smoked per day, or shared variance with distress tolerance. Findings are discussed in relation to the role of emotional sensitivity and intolerance in terms of the motivational bases for alcohol use and alcohol use problems among young adult drinkers.
Authors:
Ashley N Howell; Teresa M Leyro; Julianna Hogan; Julia D Buckner; Michael J Zvolensky
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2010-08-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Addictive behaviors     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1873-6327     ISO Abbreviation:  Addict Behav     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-20     Completed Date:  2011-04-14     Revised Date:  2011-12-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7603486     Medline TA:  Addict Behav     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1144-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
University of Vermont, Department of Psychology, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-0134, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Psychological*
Alcohol Drinking / psychology*
Alcohol-Related Disorders / psychology*
Anxiety Disorders / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Motivation
Risk-Taking
Smoking / psychology
Social Conformity
Vermont
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1 R01 DA027533-01/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; 1 R01 MH076629-01/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; R01 MH076629-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS

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