The separate and interactive effects of drinking motives and social anxiety symptoms in predicting drinking outcomes

Parenting behaviors – specifically behaviors characterized by high control, intrusiveness, rejection, and overprotection – and effortful control have each been implicated in the development of anxiety pathology. However, little research has examined the protective role of effortful control in the relation between parenting and anxiety symptoms, specifically among adults. Thus, we sought to explore the unique and interactive effects of parenting and effortful control on anxiety among adults (N = 162). Results suggest that effortful control uniquely contributes to anxiety symptoms above and beyond that of any parenting behavior. Furthermore, effortful control acted as a moderator of the relationship between parental overprotection and anxiety, such that overprotection is associated with anxiety only in individuals with lower levels of effortful control. Implications for potential prevention and intervention efforts which specifically target effortful control are discussed. These findings underscore the importance of considering individual differences in self-regulatory abilities when examining associations between putative early-life risk factors, such as parenting, and anxiety symptoms.

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Reappraisal as a mediator in the link between 5-HTTLPR and social anxiety symptoms.

Emotion ◽

10.1037/a0033383 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 1012-1022 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Andrei C. Miu ◽

Romana Vulturar ◽

Adina Chiş ◽

Loredana Ungureanu ◽

James J. Gross

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

Anxiety Symptoms

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Situational and interactive effects in the self presentation theory of social anxiety

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e633912013-711 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

R. Michael Furr ◽

Freida A. Bellis

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

The Self ◽

Interactive Effects ◽

Self Presentation

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“I’ll Take a Shot for Every Like I Get on This Status”: Posting Alcohol- related Facebook Content Predicts Drinking Outcomes

10.31234/osf.io/wcbt9 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Erin Corwin Westgate ◽

Kristen Lindgren

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Pacific Northwest ◽

Alcohol Use Disorders ◽

Drinking Motives ◽

The Pacific ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

And Coping ◽

Drinking Outcomes ◽

Alcohol Related Problems

Objective:This study investigated whether self-reports of alcohol-related postings on Facebook by oneself or one’s Facebook friends were related to common motives for drinking and were uniquely predictive of self-reported alcohol outcomes (alcohol consumption, problems, and cravings).Method:Pacific Northwest undergraduates completed a survey of alcohol outcomes, drinking motives, and alcoholrelated Facebook postings. Participants completed the survey online as part of a larger study on alcohol use and cognitive associations. Participants were randomly selected through the university registrar’s office and consisted of 1,106 undergraduates (449 men, 654 women, 2 transgender, 1 declined to answer) between the ages of 18 and 25 years (M = 20.40, SD = 1.60) at a large university in the Pacific Northwest. Seven participants were excluded from analyses because of missing or suspect data.Results:Alcohol-related postings on Facebook were significantly correlated with social, enhancement, conformity, and coping motives for drinking (all ps < .001). After drinking motives were controlled for, self–alcohol-related postings independently and positively predicted the number of drinks per week, alcohol-related problems, risk of alcohol use disorders, and alcohol cravings (all ps < .001). In contrast, friends’ alcohol-related postings only predicted the risk of alcohol use disorders (p < .05) and marginally predicted alcohol-related problems (p = .07).Conclusions:Posting alcohol-related content on social media platforms such as Facebook is associated with common motivations for drinking and is, in itself, a strong predictive indicator of drinking outcomes independent of drinking motives. Moreover, self-related posting activity appears to be more predictive than Facebook friends’ activity. These findings suggest that social media platforms may be a useful target for future preventative and intervention efforts.

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