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Solitary-specific drinking to cope motives explain unique variance in solitary drinking behavior but not alcohol problems compared to general drinking to cope motives

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In an online survey of 307 underage drinkers, solitary-specific drinking-to-cope motives accounted for greater variance in percentage of drinking time spent alone than general coping motives, but general coping motives accounted for greater variance in alcohol problems than solitary-specific motives.

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This cross-sectional online survey study compared solitary-specific drinking-to-cope motives with general drinking-to-cope motives among 307 underage drinkers (90% female, ages 18-20) recruited via TurkPrime. Participants reported on solitary alcohol use, general and solitary-specific coping and enhancement motives, and alcohol problems. Two sets of linear regression models were conducted: one predicting percentage of drinking time spent alone and another predicting alcohol problems, each comparing a model with solitary-specific motives against a model with general motives, controlling for demographics and enhancement motives. These findings suggest solitary-specific coping motives provide additional predictive information about solitary drinking behavior but not about alcohol problems.

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PMC10101636

Solitary-specific drinking to cope motives explain unique variance in solitary drinking behavior but not alcohol problems compared to general drinking to cope motives

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Abstract Objective Adolescent and young adult solitary drinking is prospectively associated with alcohol problems, and it is thus important to understand why individuals engage in this risky drinking behavior. There is substantial evidence that individuals drink alone to cope with negative affect, but all prior studies have assessed motives for alcohol use without specifying the context of such use. Here, we directly compared solitary-specific drinking to cope motives with general drinking to cope motives in their ability to predict solitary drinking behavior and alcohol problems. We hypothesized that solitary-specific drinking motives would provide additional predictive utility in each case. Methods Current underage drinkers ( N = 307; 90% female; ages 18–20) recruited from a TurkPrime panel March-May 2016 completed online surveys querying solitary alcohol use, general and solitary-specific coping motives, and alcohol problems. Results Both solitary-specific and general coping motives were positively associated with a greater percentage of total drinking time spent alone in separate models, after controlling for solitary-specific and general enhancement motives, respectively. However, the model with solitary-specific motives accounted for greater variance than the general motives model based on adjusted R 2 values (0.8 versus 0.3, respectively). Additionally, both general and solitary-specific coping motives were positively associated with alcohol problems, again controlling for enhancement motives, but the model including general motives accounted for greater variance (0.49) than the solitary-specific motives model (0.40). Conclusion These findings provide evidence that solitary-specific coping motives explain unique variance in solitary drinking behavior but not alcohol problems. The methodological and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Carillon J Skrzynski, Kasey G Creswell, Anthony A Olashore et al.. Solitary-specific drinking to cope motives explain unique variance in solitary drinking behavior but not alcohol problems compared to general drinking to cope motives. PLOS ONE. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282506

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Carillon J Skrzynski, Kasey G Creswell, Anthony A Olashore, Anthony A Olashore, Anthony A Olashore

1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States of America
2Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
3University of Botswana, BOTSWANA