Drinking to cope with depression mediates the relationship between social avoidance and alcohol problems: a 3-wave, 18-month longitudinal study - Collins JL, Thompson K, Sherry SB, Glowacka M, Stewart SH.

Undergraduates with high social anxiety have increased alcohol problems, despite lower or equivalent alcohol use levels. Drinking motives mediate the cross-sectional relationship between social anxiety and alcohol problems, with coping and conformity motiv...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news