title: Social anxiety among young adult drinkers: the role of perceived norms and drinking motives.
abstract: The aim of the study was to examine the separate and combined influence of perceived norms, negative reinforcement drinking motives, and social anxiety on alcohol outcomes. Participants (N = 250) completed measures of injunctive norms, social anxiety, drinking motives, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems. Data collection occurred in 2010. When examined separately, motives emerged as a stronger predictor of alcohol outcomes over norms. When tested jointly, findings suggest that for drinkers higher in social anxiety, normative perceptions are relevant and to such a degree that norms actually supersede their motivation to drink to conform. Implications and limitations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0267, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lau-Barraco
authors.forename: Abby L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Braitman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012925:Social Conformity; D012938:Social Perception; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult