@article{ref1,
title="Attachment and alcohol use amongst athletes: The mediating role of conscientiousness and alexithymia",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2014",
author="Andres, Fanny and Castanier, Carole and Le Scanff, Christine",
volume="39",
number="2",
pages="487-490",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The present study aims to explore the mediating effects of conscientiousness and alexithymia in the relationship between parental attachment style and alcohol use in a large sample of athletic young people. METHOD: Participants included 434 French sport sciences students. Alcohol use, parental attachment style, conscientiousness and alexithymia were assessed. The hypotheses were tested by using regression and bootstrapping mediation analyses. RESULTS: Maternal insecure attachment style is positively associated with alcohol use. The current study highlights a multiple pathway in this relationship. The results reveal the mediating effect of low conscientiousness and alexithymia between maternal insecure attachment and alcohol use. CONCLUSION: Athletes' alcohol use seems to be the result of a complex association of underlying psychological factors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.10.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.10.022"
}