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Interactive and Indirect Effects of Anxiety and Negative Urgency on Alcohol-Related Problems.

TitleInteractive and Indirect Effects of Anxiety and Negative Urgency on Alcohol-Related Problems.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsMenary, Kyle R., William R. Corbin, Robert F. Leeman, Lisa M. Fucito, Benjamin A. Toll, Kelly DeMartini, and Stephanie S. O'Malley
JournalAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research
Date Published2015 May 29
ISSN1530-0277
AbstractAlthough drinking for tension reduction has long been posited as a risk factor for alcohol-related problems, studies investigating anxiety in relation to risk for alcohol problems have returned inconsistent results, leading researchers to search for potential moderators. Negative urgency (the tendency to become behaviorally dysregulated when experiencing negative affect) is a potential moderator of theoretical interest because it may increase risk for alcohol problems among those high in negative affect. This study tested a cross-sectional mediated moderation hypothesis whereby an interactive effect of anxiety and negative urgency on alcohol problems is mediated through coping-related drinking motives.
DOI10.1111/acer.12762
Alternate JournalAlcohol. Clin. Exp. Res.

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