The path from negative affect to alcohol problems: Alcohol demand as mediator transcends alcohol craving.
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| Title: | The path from negative affect to alcohol problems: Alcohol demand as mediator transcends alcohol craving. |
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| Authors: | Chang, Yi-Chun (AUTHOR), Yang, Chiao-Yu (AUTHOR), Blake-Nickels, Anne E. (AUTHOR), Ladd, Benjamin O. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of American College Health. Apr2026, Vol. 74 Issue 4, p913-924. 12p. |
| Subjects: | Emotion regulation, Cross-sectional method, Mindfulness, Questionnaires, Psychological adaptation, Descriptive statistics, Chi-squared test, Path analysis (Statistics), Binge drinking, Desire, Psychology of college students, Alcohol drinking, Alcoholism, Affect (Psychology), Confidence intervals, Alcohol drinking in college, Factor analysis |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | Objective: This study examined direct and indirect relationships among negative affect, difficulties in emotion regulation (DER), mindfulness, drinking-to-cope, alcohol craving, alcohol demand intensity, alcohol consumption, and alcohol problems. Method: 417 participants (76.74% female, Mage=20.76 years) reporting past-month heavy/binge drinking completed a cross-sectional survey. Path analysis was conducted to examine the hypothesized models. Results: Direct paths between study variables were largely consistent as hypothesized (e.g., negative affect was negatively associated with mindfulness, drinking-to-cope was positively associated with craving and demand intensity). All the indirect pathways were significant except those through craving. The acting with awareness and non-judging facets of mindfulness dominated the mediating effects between negative affect and drinking-to-cope. Nonacceptance and limited ability to modulate facets of DER dominated the mediating effects between negative affect and drinking-to-cope. Conclusions: Targeting alcohol demand intensity and the dominant facets of mindfulness and DER could help break the negative affect-alcohol problems link. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Objective: This study examined direct and indirect relationships among negative affect, difficulties in emotion regulation (DER), mindfulness, drinking-to-cope, alcohol craving, alcohol demand intensity, alcohol consumption, and alcohol problems. Method: 417 participants (76.74% female, Mage=20.76 years) reporting past-month heavy/binge drinking completed a cross-sectional survey. Path analysis was conducted to examine the hypothesized models. Results: Direct paths between study variables were largely consistent as hypothesized (e.g., negative affect was negatively associated with mindfulness, drinking-to-cope was positively associated with craving and demand intensity). All the indirect pathways were significant except those through craving. The acting with awareness and non-judging facets of mindfulness dominated the mediating effects between negative affect and drinking-to-cope. Nonacceptance and limited ability to modulate facets of DER dominated the mediating effects between negative affect and drinking-to-cope. Conclusions: Targeting alcohol demand intensity and the dominant facets of mindfulness and DER could help break the negative affect-alcohol problems link. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 07448481 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07448481.2025.2503837 |
