ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Effects of the Behavioural Inhibition and Approach Systems on Young Adult Alcohol Problems: Examining Mediating Coping and Conformity Motives
- Roisin O'Connor
Concordia University - Vanessa Morris
University of New Brunswick, Saint John - Matt Keough
York University - Sherry Stewart
Dalhousie University
Abstract
The study investigated individual differences and motivational mechanisms of the negative reinforcement pathway to alcohol use and related problems. Undergraduates (N=346) completed self-report measures in the lab. Results point to coping and conformity motives for alcohol use as helping to explain joint behavioural inhibition and approach risk for alcohol problems.
Addiction
