Behavioral approach and inhibition, motives for use, and consequences of drug use among college students

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Title

Behavioral approach and inhibition, motives for use, and consequences of drug use among college students

Identifier

TF2010Freedlander

Subjects

["College students -- Drug use"]

Type

["Text"]

Genre

["Theses"]

Format

["pdf"]

Rights

This thesis or dissertation is restricted from access because there is no internet release form on file. If you are the author and you would like to submit an internet release form allowing us to publish your thesis or dissertation online, please contact spcoll@towson.edu. Copyright protected, all rights reserved.

General Notes

Thesis research directed by Department of Psychology.

Extent

v, 90 pages

Language

["English"]

Repository

["Towson University. Albert S. Cook Library. Special Collections and University Archives"]

Collection Name

["Towson University Graduate Theses and Dissertations"]

Author

Freedlander, Jonathan M.

Degree Date

2010

Department or Program

["Towson University. Department of Psychology"]

Abstract

Research has demonstrated that several personality traits predict substance use and related consequences, but also that these relationships are mediated by motives for use. The present study examined eight personality measures, conceptually organized using Gray’s theory of behavioral approach and inhibition systems (BAS and BIS), and their associations with drinking motives and substance use and consequences in a sample of undergraduate students (n = 270). In separate models, the latent variables approach and inhibition predicted drinking motives, which predicted substance use and consequences. In the BAS model, approach, partially mediated by enhancement drinking motives, predicted substance use and consequences (CFI = 0.97, RMSEA = 0.06). In the BIS model, inhibition, fully mediated by coping and conformity drinking motives, predicted substance use and consequences (CFI = 0.93, RMSEA = 0.08). The present study clarifies the role of motives in explaining the association between personality and substance use and use-related consequences.

Date Published

01 March 2013

Author (Controlled)

["Freedlander, Jonathan M."]

Degree Note

(M.A.) -- Towson University, 2010.

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