Emerging Adulthood, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(6), P. 1191 - 1198
Published: Aug. 18, 2024
Social anxiety symptoms may increase risk for heavy drinking and alcohol-related negative consequences during pregaming (drinking before a social event); efforts to identify malleable psychosocial factors are needed. This study examined cross-sectional relationships between symptoms, behaviors, consequences, pregaming-specific motives, moderated by gender. Undergraduates who endorsed current ( N = 7528) completed self-report survey on behaviors as part of large, multisite study. were not associated with lifetime history pregaming. Among participants engaged in past 30-day pregaming, related more greater interpersonal enhancement lower situational control motives. quantity. The associations frequency, control, intimate pursuit motives varied Findings highlight gender important behaviors.
Language: Английский