Inhibited personality traits, internalizing symptoms, and drinking to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic among emerging adults.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101143317 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1651-2316 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 16506073 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cogn Behav Ther Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis, c2002-
    • Subject Terms:
      Alcohol Drinking* ; COVID-19*; Humans ; Adult ; Female ; Adolescent ; Young Adult ; Male ; Pandemics ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Canada ; Motivation ; Personality ; Adaptation, Psychological
    • Abstract:
      Emerging adults with high levels of inhibited personality traits may be at-risk for drinking to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current research explored mediational pathways between two inhibited personality traits (anxiety sensitivity (AS) and hopelessness (HOP)), internalizing symptoms (anxiety, depression, and COVID-19 distress), and coping drinking motives (drinking to cope with anxiety and drinking to cope with depression) during the pandemic. Cross-sectional data were collected from 879 undergraduate drinkers (79% female, 83% White, 18-25 years old) at five Canadian universities from January-April 2021. Participants self-reported on their personality, anxiety (GAD-7), depressive symptoms (PHQ-9), COVID-19 distress, and coping drinking motives. Mediational path analyses provided evidence of both specific and non-specific pathways between personality and coping motives via internalizing symptoms. Depressive symptoms partially mediated the link between HOP and drinking to cope with depression motives. While anxiety symptoms did not significantly mediate links between AS and coping with anxiety motives in the full model, evidence of mediation was found in a post-hoc sensitivity analysis. COVID-19 distress served as a non-specific mediator. AS and HOP are critical transdiagnostic risk factors that increase vulnerability for internalizing psychopathology and, in turn, risky drinking motives, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • Grant Information:
      202010PJK Canada CIHR
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Anxiety sensitivity; COVID-19; anxiety; coping motives; depression; emerging adults; hopelessness
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20221215 Date Completed: 20230407 Latest Revision: 20230421
    • Publication Date:
      20230421
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/16506073.2022.2152726
    • Accession Number:
      36519887