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Drinking to Cope Motivation as a Prospective Predictor of Negative Affect.

TitleDrinking to Cope Motivation as a Prospective Predictor of Negative Affect.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsArmeli, Stephen, Tami P. Sullivan, and Howard Tennen
JournalJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs
Volume76
Issue4
Pagination578-84
Date Published2015 Jul
ISSN1938-4114
AbstractConsistent with research indicating that drinking to cope (DTC) motivation might exacerbate negative affective states within or immediately proximal to discrete drinking episodes, we examined whether yearly deviations in more global levels of DTC motivation prospectively predicted depressive and anxious affect over several weeks.
Alternate JournalJ Stud Alcohol Drugs

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