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  • Title: Social anxiety among young adult drinkers: the role of perceived norms and drinking motives.
    Author: Linden AN, Lau-Barraco C, Braitman AL.
    Journal: J Drug Educ; 2012; 42(3):293-313. PubMed ID: 23705510.
    Abstract:
    The aim of the study was to examine the separate and combined influence of perceived norms, negative reinforcement drinking motives, and social anxiety on alcohol outcomes. Participants (N = 250) completed measures of injunctive norms, social anxiety, drinking motives, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems. Data collection occurred in 2010. When examined separately, motives emerged as a stronger predictor of alcohol outcomes over norms. When tested jointly, findings suggest that for drinkers higher in social anxiety, normative perceptions are relevant and to such a degree that norms actually supersede their motivation to drink to conform. Implications and limitations are discussed.
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