Longitudinal Examination of the Impact of Resilience and Stressful Life Events on Alcohol Use Disorder Outcomes

Stressful life events (SLEs) are a risk factor for alcohol use problems, and there is a need for identification of factors that may offset this risk. Resilience is uniquely, inversely associated with alcohol use, but there remains a dearth of research examining the buffering effect of resilience tow...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 2021, Vol.56 (9), p.1346-1351
Main Authors: Sheerin, Christina M., Bountress, Kaitlin E., Hicks, Terrell A., Lind, Mackenzie J., Aggen, Steven H., Kendler, Kenneth S., Amstadter, Ananda B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol related disorders
Alcohol use
Alcohol use disorder
Alcoholism
Epidemiology
Family Conflict
Humans
Life Change Events
Life events
longitudinal
Longitudinal Studies
Marital relations
moderator
Prospective Studies
Protective factors
Relatedness
Resilience
Risk factors
Stress
Stress, Psychological
stressful life events
Symptoms
Time
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Summary:Stressful life events (SLEs) are a risk factor for alcohol use problems, and there is a need for identification of factors that may offset this risk. Resilience is uniquely, inversely associated with alcohol use, but there remains a dearth of research examining the buffering effect of resilience toward alcohol use problems in the context of SLEs. Objectives: This study used prospective data from an epidemiological twin sample (N  = 7441) to test whether resilience at Time 1 would act as a buffer for new onset SLEs (e.g. assault, marital problems) against risk for alcohol dependence (AD) symptoms at Time 2. Results: The final model, adjusted for familial relatedness and controlling for demographic covariates and Time 1 (lifetime) AD symptoms, identified significant main effects of resilience and SLEs; those with greater resilience at Time 1 reported fewer symptoms (β=-.087, p
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.1080/10826084.2021.1922454