Coping motives and negative affect: An ecological study of the antecedents of alcohol craving and alcohol use.

Abstract

Coping motives and within-person fluctuations in NA interactively predict alcohol craving. NA promotes drinking indirectly via increased craving, particularly among coping-motivated drinkers. Alcohol craving may be a proximal and sensitive response channel for investigating interactions between affective distress and coping motives. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).