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  • Title: Social anxiety and alcohol-related negative consequences among college drinkers: do protective behavioral strategies mediate the association?
    Author: Villarosa MC, Moorer KD, Madson MB, Zeigler-Hill V, Noble JJ.
    Journal: Psychol Addict Behav; 2014 Sep; 28(3):887-92. PubMed ID: 25222176.
    Abstract:
    The link between social anxiety and alcohol-related negative consequences among college students has been well documented. Protective behavioral strategies are cognitive-behavioral strategies that college students use in an effort to reduce harm while they are drinking. In the current study we examined the mediating role of the 2 categories of protective behavioral strategies (i.e., controlled consumption and serious harm reduction) in the relationship that social anxiety symptoms have with alcohol-related negative consequences. Participants were 572 undergraduates who completed measures of social anxiety, alcohol use, negative consequences of alcohol use, and protective behavioral strategy use. Only serious harm reduction strategies emerged as a mediator of the association that social anxiety symptoms had with alcohol-related negative consequences. Clinical and research implications are discussed.
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