ArticleAddictive behaviors2020
The role of underutilization of protective behavioral strategies in the relation of social anxiety with risky drinking.
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- Understanding the relationship of social anxiety with alcohol use and alcohol-related problems in young people: A meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of the associations between protective behavioral strategies and heavy alcohol consumption and consequences among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Pooled it
- Self-management with alcohol over lifespan: psychological mechanisms, neurobiological underpinnings, and risk assessment.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Protective behavioral strategies underutilization mediates effect of a brief motivational intervention among socially anxious undergraduate drinkers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- Motivational interviewing-based interventions with patients with comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders.Current opinion in psychology · 2024Review
- The effects of protective behavioral strategies on heavy drinking following a pure motivational interviewing intervention.Journal of substance use · 2023Article
- Personality subtypes in adults with social anxiety disorder - novelty seeking makes the difference.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Biopsychosocial Model Social Anxiety and Substance Use Revised.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- The Mediating Effects of Protective Behavioral Strategies on the Relationship between Addiction-Prone Personality Traits and Alcohol-Related Problems among Emerging Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Social anxiety is prominent among undergraduates and increases the risk of experiencing alcohol problems. In fact, social anxiety more than quadruples the risk of developing an alcohol use disorder, yet it is inconsistently related to heavier drinking. Inconsistent findings may be due to lack of attention on protective behavioral strategies (PBS) among socially anxious drinkers. PBS are cognitive-behavioral strategies to reduce drinking and alcohol-related harm. Due to the nature of social anxiety, affected individuals may be especially vulnerable to PBS underutilization, leading to heavier and more problematic drinking. The current study examined the mediating role of PBS in the relationships of social anxiety with past-month drinking and alcohol problems using cross-sectional data among current (past-month) heavy undergraduate drinkers (N = 431). Social anxiety was significantly positively related to past-month alcohol problems and peak drinking. Social anxiety was significantly negatively related to typical drinking, drinking frequency, and PBSS Manner of Drinking. Social anxiety was indirectly (via PBSS Manner of Drinking) related to greater past-month peak drinks and more drinking problems. Findings suggest that socially anxious persons may be vulnerable to heavier and more problematic drinking due to PBS underutilization. Treatment implications are discussed.
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