Are There Social Benefits? Exploring the Role of Positive Consequences in the Relationship Between Social Anxiety Symptoms and Negative Drinking Consequences
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2018
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Research has shown that college students with social anxiety experience more alcohol-related negative consequences, regardless of the amount of alcohol they consume. To better understand this relationship, it is important to examine social anxiety as a multidimensional construct, as well as explore the positive outcomes these students experience from drinking. The current study sought to examine the impact of positive drinking consequences on the relationship between behavioral (i.e. interaction and performance-type) and cognitive (i.e. fear of negative evaluation) social anxiety symptoms and alcohol-related negative consequences. Participants were 544 traditional age college students who reported consuming alcohol in the past month and completed measures of social anxiety symptoms, positive drinking consequences, and alcohol-related negative consequences. Positive drinking consequences moderated the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol-related negative consequences, such that students with more fear of negative evaluation and that experienced more positive drinking consequences reported more negative drinking consequences. Future directions and implications are discussed.
Publication Title
Addiction Research & Theory
Volume
26
Issue
4
First Page
275
Last Page
281
Recommended Citation
Villarosa-Hurlocker, M. C.,
Carroll, M.,
Capron, D.,
Madson, M. B.
(2018). Are There Social Benefits? Exploring the Role of Positive Consequences in the Relationship Between Social Anxiety Symptoms and Negative Drinking Consequences. Addiction Research & Theory, 26(4), 275-281.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/15512
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