title: Motives to drink as mediators between childhood sexual assault and alcohol problems in adult women.
abstract: Two models are proposed to relate maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and alcohol-related problems for women with a history of childhood sexual assault (CSA). The distress coping model suggests only one motive-drinking to cope with negative emotions-mediates the relationship between CSA and alcohol problems. The emotion regulation model suggests two motives mediate the relationship between CSA and alcohol problems: drinking to cope with negative emotions and drinking to enhance positive emotions. These models were tested in a random community sample of 697 women, ranging from 25 to 75 years old. Both motives partially mediated the relationship between CSA and alcohol problems. Effects were small, but reliable.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. carlag@umich.edu
authors.forename: Carla E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Grayson
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nolen-Hoeksema
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires