title: A Longitudinal Examination of the Associations Between Shyness, Drinking Motives, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol-Related Problems.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The current study evaluated the roles of drinking motives and shyness in predicting problem alcohol use over 2 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  First-year college student drinkers (n = 818) completed assessments of alcohol use and related problems, shyness, and drinking motives every 6 months over a 2-year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Generalized linear mixed models indicated that shyness was associated with less drinking, but more alcohol-related problems. Further, shyness was associated with coping, conformity, and enhancement drinking motives, but was not associated with social drinking motives. However, when examining coping motives, moderation analyses revealed that social drinking motives were more strongly associated with coping motives among individuals higher in shyness. In addition, coping, conformity, and enhancement motives, but not social motives, mediated associations between shyness and alcohol-related problems over time. Finally, coping motives mediated the association between the interaction of shyness and social motives and alcohol-related problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Together, the results suggest that shy individuals may drink to reduce negative affect, increase positive affect, and fit in with others in social situations, which may then contribute to greater risk for subsequent alcohol-related problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Chelsie M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Angelo M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: DiBello
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Zachary K
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Traylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.|MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zvolensky
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Clayton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neighbors
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012792:Shyness; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Conformity Motives; Coping Motives; Enhancement Motives; Social Anxiety; Social Motives