ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2020
The association between meaning in life and harmful drinking is mediated by individual differences in self-control and alcohol value.
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- Meaning in life and the mental health - addiction spiral: testing a unifying model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Perceived stress of COVID-19 pandemic and problematic mobile phone use during quarantine conditions among Chinese adolescents: a mediated moderation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- How Specific is Alcohol-Specific Self-Control? A Longitudinal Study of the Mediating Role of Alcohol-Specific Self-Control in the Relation Between General Self-Control and Adolescent Alcohol Use.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2023Article
- Associations between Drinking Behaviors and Meaning in Life: Evidence from Primary Care Professionals in China.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Attitudes toward finitude in the cinema of Federico Fellini: Light on older adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Relative expected value of drugs versus competing rewards underpins vulnerability to and recovery from addiction.Behavioural brain research · 2020Review
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Abstract
introductionThe adoption of adult roles that provide meaning in life is associated with reduced harmful drinking. The current study examined whether this relationship is mediated by increased self-control and reduced value of alcohol.
methodsCross-sectional design. 1043 adults (786 females) ≥18 years old completed an online survey. The outcome variable was scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), predictor variables were presence of and search for meaning in life (Meaning in Life Questionnaire), and mediating variables were trait self-control (Brief Self-Control Scale) and the value of alcohol (Brief Assessment of Alcohol Demand).
resultsPresence of meaning in life had a significant negative association (
conclusionsThe relationships between presence and search for meaning in life and harmful drinking are mediated by individual differences in both trait self-control and the value of alcohol.
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