Positive emotional intensity and substance use: the underlying role of positive emotional avoidance in a community sample of military veterans.

Conclusions: Results provide preliminary support for the potential clinical utility of targeting avoidance responses to positive emotions in interventions targeting alcohol and drug misuse among military veterans.
PMID: 33524279 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - February 1, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Schick MR, Weiss NH, Contractor AC, Thomas ED, Spillane NS Tags: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse Source Type: research