Citation

Gaher RM, Simons JS, Jacobs GA, Meyer D, Johnson-Jimenez E. Addict. Behav. 2006; 31(8): 1319-1330.

Affiliation

The University of South Dakota, Department of Psychology University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, United States. rgaher@usd.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.10.006

PMID

16321471

Abstract

This study explored the mechanism by which trait negative affect and alcohol coping motives are associated with alcohol-related problems in a sample of American Red Cross workers who participated in the relief operation following the attacks in New York City, the Pentagon, and the Pennsylvania crash site on Sept. 11th 2001. The results supported the mediation but not moderation model of coping motives. The support for the mediation model was fairly strong, including small to moderate associations between negative affect and alcohol problems, moderate to strong associations between negative affect and coping motives, and evidence of coping motives mediating the negative affect to alcohol problems relationships. The association between negative affect and coping motives was stronger among younger participants.

Language: en