The Relationship Between Emotion Regulation, Social Support, and Alcohol-Related Problems Among Racially Diverse Adolescents

Purpose: This study examined associations among alcohol-related problems and family support, collective efficacy, emotion-regulation drinking motives, and limited access to emotion-regulation strategies among racially diverse adolescents. Methods: The sample included 150 racially diverse adolescent...

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Published in:Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse 2016-05, Vol.25 (3), p.245-251
Main Authors: Woods-Jaeger, Briana A., Nobles, Richard H., Warren May, Linnea, Larimer, Mary E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Alcohol abuse
alcohol-related problems
Alcoholism
Drinking behavior
emotion regulation
social support
Emotions
Family Involvement
Geographic Location
Regions
Regulation
Secondary schools
Social support
Teenagers
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Summary:Purpose: This study examined associations among alcohol-related problems and family support, collective efficacy, emotion-regulation drinking motives, and limited access to emotion-regulation strategies among racially diverse adolescents. Methods: The sample included 150 racially diverse adolescent girls and boys (53.3% male) from two urban high schools in different geographic regions. Results: Family support and collective efficacy were negatively correlated, and emotion-regulation drinking motives and limited access to emotion-regulation strategies positively correlated, with alcohol-related problems. Accounting for geographic location and drinking level, emotion-regulation drinking motives and limited access to emotion-regulation strategies uniquely predicted the number of different alcohol-related problems. Conclusions: Results suggest the importance of including social and emotion factors in examinations of adolescent alcohol-related problems.
ISSN:1067-828X
1547-0652
DOI:10.1080/1067828X.2015.1012611