Emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking anxiety and hazardous drinking among Latinos in primary care.

CONCLUSIONS: Anxiety may contribute to alcohol use problems due to an overall tendency to engage in maladaptive attempts to regulate emotions. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Targeting emotion dysregulation in the context of anxiety and hazardous alcohol use among Latinos may be one therapeutic strategy to reduce severity of alcohol use (and hazardous drinking). (Am J Addict 2017;XX:1-8). PMID: 28594448 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal on Addictions - June 8, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Paulus DJ, Gallagher MW, Rogers AH, Viana AG, Garza M, Valdivieso J, Ochoa-Perez M, Lemaire C, Bakhshaie J, Zvolensky MJ Tags: Am J Addict Source Type: research