Journal article
Coping motives as moderators of the relationship between emotional distress and alcohol problems in a sample of adolescents involved with child welfare
Abstract
Adolescents involved with child welfare are at particular risk for the development of alcohol problems due to their histories of child maltreatment. Based on an emotion dysregulation-maladaptive coping model of alcohol problems, the current study explored whether drinking to cope with negative affect (coping motives) moderated the relationship between emotional distress (i.e., anxiety and depression symptoms) and alcohol problems in a sample of …
Authors
Goldstein AL; Vilhena-Churchill N; Stewart SH; Wekerle C
Journal
Advances in Mental Health, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 67–75
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
October 2012
DOI
10.5172/jamh.2012.11.1.67
ISSN
1838-7357