TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Motives to drink as mediators between childhood sexual assault and alcohol problems in adult women
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Grayson, Carla E.
A1  - Nolen-Hoeksema, S.
SP  - 137
EP  - 145
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - Two models are proposed to relate maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and alcohol-related problems for women with a history of childhood sexual assault (CSA). The distress coping model suggests only one motive-drinking to cope with negative emotions-mediates the relationship between CSA and alcohol problems. The emotion regulation model suggests two motives mediate the relationship between CSA and alcohol problems: drinking to cope with negative emotions and drinking to enhance positive emotions. These models were tested in a random community sample of 697 women, ranging from 25 to 75 years old. Both motives partially mediated the relationship between CSA and alcohol problems. Effects were small, but reliable.
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SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20021
ID  - ref1
ER  -