Social Anxiety and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences Among College Drinkers: Do Protective Behavioral Strategies Mediate the Association?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2014
School
Psychology
Abstract
The link between social anxiety and alcohol-related negative consequences among college students has been well documented. Protective behavioral strategies are cognitive–behavioral strategies that college students use in an effort to reduce harm while they are drinking. In the current study we examined the mediating role of the 2 categories of protective behavioral strategies (i.e., controlled consumption and serious harm reduction) in the relationship that social anxiety symptoms have with alcohol-related negative consequences. Participants were 572 undergraduates who completed measures of social anxiety, alcohol use, negative consequences of alcohol use, and protective behavioral strategy use. Only serious harm reduction strategies emerged as a mediator of the association that social anxiety symptoms had with alcohol-related negative consequences. Clinical and research implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Publication Title
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Volume
28
Issue
3
First Page
887
Last Page
892
Recommended Citation
Villarosa, M.,
Moorer, K. D.,
Madson, M. B.,
Zeigler-Hill, V.,
Noble, J. J.
(2014). Social Anxiety and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences Among College Drinkers: Do Protective Behavioral Strategies Mediate the Association?. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(3), 887-892.
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