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Hagen AEF, Rodriguez LM, Neighbors C, Nogueira-Arjona R, Sherry SB, Lambe L, Deacon SH, Meier S, Abbass A, Stewart SH. Drinking to Cope Mediates the Association between Dyadic Conflict and Drinking Behavior: A Study of Romantic Couples during the COVID-19 Pandemic. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:6332. [PMID: 37510565 PMCID: PMC10379069 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20146332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred public health measures to reduce viral spread. Concurrently, increases in alcohol consumption and conflict in romantic partnerships were observed. Pre-pandemic research demonstrated a bidirectional association between couples' conflict and drinking. Recent research shows one's drinking motives (proximal predictors of drinking behavior) can influence another person's drinking in close relationships. It is possible that individuals are drinking to cope with distress following romantic conflict. The current study examined 348 cohabitating couples during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020. Our analyses examined coping motives as a mediator between dyadic conflict and drinking behavior using actor-partner interdependence models. Results showed that conflict was associated with greater reports of own drinking in gendered (distinguishable) and nongendered (indistinguishable) analyses through coping motives. Further, in mixed-gender couples, men partners' coping motives predicted less drinking in women, while women partners' coping motives predicted marginally more drinking in men. Partner effects may have been observed due to the increased romantic partner influence during the COVID-19 lockdown. While these results suggest that men's coping motives may be protective against women's drinking, more concerning possibilities are discussed. The importance of considering dyadic influences on drinking is highlighted; clinical and policy implications are identified.
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- Amanda E F Hagen
- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 2E2, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 2E2, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 2E2, Canada
- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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Li M, Chen X, Gong H, Ji W, Wang W, Liang S, Kong A. The Predictive Effect of Parental Adult Attachment on Parent-Adolescent Attachment: The Mediating Role of Harsh Parenting. Front Psychol 2021; 12:710167. [PMID: 34456824 PMCID: PMC8385784 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.710167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study examines the relationship between parental adult attachment and parent–adolescent attachment and investigates the mediating role of harsh parenting from the perspective of family systems theory. The sample included adolescents and their parents from 1,030 families in Henan Province, China. Measures included the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment Scale, and Harsh Parenting Scale. The results showed that paternal avoidance negatively predicts father–adolescent and mother–adolescent attachments, while maternal avoidance and maternal anxiety negatively predict father–adolescent attachment and mother–adolescent attachment, respectively. Paternal harsh parenting not only mediated the relationship between paternal adult and father–adolescent attachment but also between paternal adult and mother–adolescent attachment. However, maternal harsh parenting only plays an intermediary role between maternal adult and mother–adolescent attachment. The results of the study show that compared with the adverse effects of maternal adult attachment and maternal harsh parenting on parent–adolescent attachment, paternal avoidance and paternal harsh parenting more negatively affect parent–adolescent attachment, which is not conducive to familial harmony.
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- Mengge Li
- School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Management, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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