Citation

Molnar DS, Sadava SW, DeCourville NH, Perrier CPK. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2010; 42(1): 1-13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/a0016759

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend a motivational model of high-risk drinking and alcohol-related consequences (Cooper, Frone, Russell, & Mudar, 1995; Read, Wood, Kahler, Maddock, & Palfai, 2003), testing the notion that attachment is a common antecedent for both the affective and social paths to problem drinking, defined in terms of 2 dimensions; high-risk drinking and alcohol-related consequences. First-year university students (N = 696), and first-time clients at an addiction treatment facility (N = 213) completed questionnaires assessing alcohol use, alcohol-related consequences, drinking motives, and attachment style.

RESULTS underscored the importance of the affective path to drinking patterns and to vulnerability to problems.

RESULTS also found that those with higher levels of attachment anxiety were more vulnerable to experiencing adverse consequences related to their drinking. These findings emphasise the importance of attachment styles as a risk factor for high-risk drinking and experiencing alcohol-related consequences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Attachment Behavior; Consequence; Motivation; Risk Factors; Structural Equation Modeling