title: Gender-moderated links between urgency, binge drinking, and excessive exercise.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Exercise correlates with alcohol use, but the nature of this relation and the extent to which it is maladaptive remains unclear. Urgency and motives for engaging in drinking and exercise might indicate when these behaviors are problematic. The current study examined whether urgency moderated the association between exercise motivated by weight loss and drinking.
  
  
  METHODS
  College students (N = 589, 45.7% male) completed the study during the spring of 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed self-report assessment measures, including frequency/quantity of alcohol consumption, exercise for weight loss, and urgency, during a single session.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Negative urgency moderated the relation between exercise and alcohol consumption in men but not women; the link between excessive exercise and alcohol use was stronger for men with higher levels of urgency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further clarification of the mechanisms underlying alcohol use and physical activity-particularly maladaptive approaches to exercise-will inform health interventions among college students.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University at Albany, State University of New York , Albany , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Erin E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University at Albany, State University of New York , Albany , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Sasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dmochowski
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University at Albany, State University of New York , Albany , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schaumberg
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University at Albany, State University of New York , Albany , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Mitch
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Earleywine
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University at Albany, State University of New York , Albany , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Drew
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000067292:Alcohol Drinking in College / Q000523:psychology*; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alcohol use; compensatory exercise; urgency