APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Rum and Cope: Do Coping Self-Efficacy, Coping Flexibility, and Substance Use Coping Serially Mediate the Connection from PTSD to Problematic Alcohol Use Behaviors?
- Kelly Dixon
UCCS - Alan Owens
UCCS - Andrew Lac
University of Colorado Colorado Springs - Kristin Samuelson
- Colin Mahoney
UCCS
Abstract
This study examined serial mediation from PTSD symptom severity to trauma coping self-efficacy (CSE-T) and coping flexibility (CF) and then to alcohol use (AU) coping and finally to problematic AU behaviors. PTSD symptoms predicted lower CSE-T and CF, and CSE-T predicted higher AU coping, which explained increased problematic AU behaviors.
Substance Abuse and Addiction
