A longitudinal study among young adults into the predictive effect of perceived efficacy of behavioural strategies and the moderating role of drinking motives on use of protective behavioural strategies

Increased motivation towards alcohol use and suboptimal behavioral control are suggested to predispose adolescents to alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Paradoxically however, most adolescent AUDs resolve over time without any formal intervention, suggesting adolescent resilience to AUDs. Importantly, studies directly comparing adolescent and adult alcohol use are largely missing. We therefore aimed to unravel the moderating role of age in the relation between alcohol use and motivational and control-related cognitive processes in 45 adolescent drinkers compared to 45 adults. We found that enhancement drinking motives and impulsivity related positively to alcohol use. Although enhancement drinking motives and impulsivity were higher in adolescents, the strength of the relation between these measures and alcohol use did not differ between age groups. None of the alcohol use-related motivational measures (i.e., craving, attentional bias, and approach bias) and behavioral control measures (i.e., interference control, risky decision making, and working-memory) were associated with alcohol use or differed between age groups. These findings support the role of impulsivity and affective sensitivity in adolescent drinking but question the moderating role of age therein. The current study contributes towards understanding the role of age in the relation between alcohol use and cognition.

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The Moderating Role of Gender in the Relationship Between Tobacco Outlet Exposure and Tobacco Use Among African American Young Adults

Prevention Science ◽

10.1007/s11121-015-0622-3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 338-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Qiana Brown ◽

Adam J. Milam ◽

Janice V. Bowie ◽

Nicholas S. Ialongo ◽

Darrell J. Gaskin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

African American ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role ◽

American Young Adults

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The moderating role of negative urgency in the relation between distress intolerance and alcohol drinking motives

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ◽

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.651 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 156 ◽

pp. e242

Author(s):

Min-Jeong Yang ◽

Teresa M. Leyro ◽

Samantha Moshier ◽

Kristin Szuhany ◽

Michael W. Otto

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Drinking ◽

Drinking Motives ◽

Negative Urgency ◽

Distress Intolerance ◽

Moderating Role

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A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Parental Monitoring on Adolescent Antisocial Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Adolescent Empathy

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01726 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Elisabetta Crocetti ◽

Jolien Van der Graaff ◽

Silvia Moscatelli ◽

Loes Keijsers ◽

Hans M. Koot ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Parental Monitoring ◽

Antisocial Behaviors ◽

Moderating Role

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Why still marry? The role of feelings in the persistence of marriage as an institution

10.31235/osf.io/xm3p4 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Francesco Candeloro Billari ◽

Aart C. Liefbroer

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Young Adults ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Structural Factors ◽

Partner Relationship ◽

Affective Evaluation ◽

Moderating Factors ◽

Social Structural ◽

Cognitive Decision

Despite cohabitation becoming increasingly equivalent to marriage in some of the most ‘advanced’ Western European societies, the vast majority of people still marry. Why so? Existing theories, mostly based on various approaches tied to cognitive decision‐making, do not provide a sufficient explanation of the persistence of marriage. In this article, we argue that feelings attached to marriage, i.e. the affective evaluation of those involved in a partner relationship concerning marriage as opposed to cohabitation, explain the persistent importance of marriage as an institution. We argue that socialization, biological and social‐structural factors affect these affective evaluations. We provide a test of our hypotheses using a longitudinal study of young adults in the Netherlands. The results of our analyses are consistent with a central role of feelings in the decision to marry, as well as with a role for key moderating factors such as gender.

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Motivational and Control Mechanisms Underlying Adolescent versus Adult Alcohol Use

10.20944/preprints202009.0131.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Janna Cousijn ◽

Kayla H. Green ◽

Maaike Labots ◽

Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren ◽

J. Leon Kenemans ◽

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Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Age Groups ◽

Control Measures ◽

Drinking Motives ◽

Control Mechanisms ◽

Interference Control ◽

Risky Decision ◽

And Control ◽

Moderating Role

Increased motivation towards alcohol use and suboptimal behavioural control are suggested to predispose adolescents to Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs). Paradoxically however, most adolescent AUDs resolve over time without any formal intervention, suggesting adolescent resilience to AUDs. Importantly, studies directly comparing adolescent and adult alcohol use are largely missing. We therefore aimed to unravel the moderating role of age in the relation between alcohol use and motivational and control-related cognitive processes in 45 adolescent drinkers compared to 45 adults. The results showed that enhancement drinking motives and impulsivity related positively to alcohol use. Although enhancement drinking motives and impulsivity were higher in adolescents, the strength of the relation between these measures and alcohol use did not differ between age groups. None of the alcohol use-related motivational measures (i.e., craving, attentional bias, approach bias) and behavioral control measures (i.e., interference control, risky decision making, working-memory) were associated with alcohol use or differed between age groups. These findings support the role of impulsivity and affective sensitivity in adolescent drinking, but question the moderating role of age therein. The current study contributes towards understanding the role of age in the relation between alcohol use and cognition.

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