Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2015
Examining temptation to drink from an existential perspective: Associations among temptation, purpose in life, and drinking outcomes.
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- Investigating the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Psychological Emptiness Scale (PES) among nursing students.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The place of subjective emptiness in the structure of personality.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
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- Protocol for an RCT on cognitive bias modification for alcohol use disorders in a religion-based rehabilitation program.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The Beneficial Role of Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous for Existential and Subjective Well-Being of Alcohol-Dependent Individuals? The Model Verification.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Daily meaningfulness among patients with opioid use disorder: Examining the role of social experiences during residential treatment and links with post-treatment relapse.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Sense of Purpose in Life and Likelihood of Future Illicit Drug Use or Prescription Medication Misuse.Psychosomatic medicine · 2020Article
- The association between meaning in life and harmful drinking is mediated by individual differences in self-control and alcohol value.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- Purpose in life is a robust protective factor of reported cognitive decline among late middle-aged adults: The Emory Healthy Aging Study.Journal of affective disorders · 2020Article
- Sense of Purpose in Life and Cardiovascular Disease: Underlying Mechanisms and Future Directions.Current cardiology reports · 2019Review
- Profiles of recovery from alcohol use disorder at three years following treatment: can the definition of recovery be extended to include high functioning heavy drinkers?Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Article
- Posttraumatic growth and recovery from addiction.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2017Article
- Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: State of the Evidence, Plausible Mechanisms, and Theoretical Framework.Current cardiology reports · 2015Review
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Abstract
Temptation to drink (TTD), defined as the degree to which one feels compelled to drink in the presence of internal or external alcohol-related cues, has been shown to predict alcohol-treatment outcomes among individuals with alcohol-use disorders (AUDs). Research examining TTD from an existential perspective is lacking and little is known about how existential issues such as purpose in life (PIL) relate to TTD, which is surprising given the role of existential issues in many treatments and mutual help approaches for AUDs. In the current study, we examined the longitudinal associations in a sample of 1726 among TTD, PIL, and drinking outcomes using data from Project MATCH (1997, 1998). Parallel process latent growth curve analyses indicated that PIL and TTD were significantly associated across time, such that higher initial levels of PIL and increases in PIL over time were associated with lower initial levels of TTD and decreases in TTD over time. Higher initial levels of TTD, lower initial levels of PIL, increases in TTD, and decreases in PIL were significantly associated with greater intensity and frequency of drinking and greater drinking-related consequences at the 15-month follow-up. Accordingly, TTD and PIL may be important constructs for clinicians to consider throughout the course of treatment. Future studies should examine if and how various kinds of treatments for AUDs are associated with increases in PIL, and whether these increases are related to decreased TTD and reduced drinking.
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