Shame, guilt, and drinking motives as mediators between child maltreatment and problematic alcohol use in college students.
J Am Coll Health
; : 1-12, 2024 Apr 16.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Drinking for emotion regulation may be a concern for college students who have experienced childhood maltreatment, due to high levels of shame and guilt. The present cross-sectional survey study tested how trait shame-proneness, trait guilt-proneness, and trauma-related guilt are differently related to drinking motives and how these pathways mediate the links between maltreatment severity and alcohol outcomes.Participants:
Undergraduate student drinkers (n = 464; M age = 19.50, SD = 2.20) from a midsized midwestern University.Methods:
Participants completed an online survey inquiring about demographics, childhood maltreatment, shame, guilt, drinking motives, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences.Results:
There were several significant serial indirect effects of maltreatment on alcohol consumption and related consequences, through trauma-related guilt, shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, drinking-to-cope, and drinking for mood enhancement.Conclusions:
On college campuses, to address problematic drinking among childhood maltreatment survivors, interventions may target maladaptive feelings of shame and guilt stemming from trauma exposure.
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MEDLINE
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J Am Coll Health
Ano de publicação:
2024
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