TY - JOUR
T1 - Alexithymia and alcohol consumption
T2 - the mediating effects of drinking motives
AU - Bruce, Gillian
AU - Curren, Cindy
AU - Williams, Lynn
PY - 2012/3/31
Y1 - 2012/3/31
N2 - The association between alexithymia and alcohol consumption has been well documented. However, little research has investigated the mechanisms behind the association. In the present study, the relationship between alexithymia, drinking motives and alcohol consumption was examined in a group of social (non-problem) drinkers. In a cross-sectional study, 862 participants completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Drinking Motives Questionnaire, and provided alcohol consumption information. Regression analyses revealed that alexithymia predicts alcohol consumption. Formal mediation analyses demonstrated that this relationship was fully mediated by social, enhancement and coping drinking motives, and partially mediated by conformity. Drinking motives may represent one mechanism to explain the association between alexithymia and alcohol consumption.
AB - The association between alexithymia and alcohol consumption has been well documented. However, little research has investigated the mechanisms behind the association. In the present study, the relationship between alexithymia, drinking motives and alcohol consumption was examined in a group of social (non-problem) drinkers. In a cross-sectional study, 862 participants completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Drinking Motives Questionnaire, and provided alcohol consumption information. Regression analyses revealed that alexithymia predicts alcohol consumption. Formal mediation analyses demonstrated that this relationship was fully mediated by social, enhancement and coping drinking motives, and partially mediated by conformity. Drinking motives may represent one mechanism to explain the association between alexithymia and alcohol consumption.
KW - alexithymia
KW - alcohol
KW - drinking motives
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460311003868
U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.024
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.024
M3 - Article
SN - 0306-4603
VL - 37
SP - 350
EP - 352
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
IS - 3
ER -