Anxiety Symptoms and Alcohol-Related Problems among College Students: A  Moderated-Mediation Model of Rumination and Emotion Dysregulation

Conclusions: In support of prior work, our results suggest that ruminative thinking, particularly brooding and reflection, are key mechanisms through which anxiety symptoms relate to problematic alcohol use, especially among individuals with high emotion dysregulation. Additional work is needed to test whether decoupling the associations between negative emotional states and ruminative thinking among college students with high emotion dysregulation is a viable intervention target to reduce problematic alcohol use.PMID:33587015 | DOI:10.1080/10826084.2021.1879146
Source: Substance Use and Misuse - Category: Addiction Authors: Source Type: research