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  • Title: Childhood maltreatment and alcohol use in young adulthood: the role of self-regulation processes.
    Author: Shin SH, Jiskrova GK, Wills TA.
    Journal: Addict Behav; 2019 Mar; 90():241-249. PubMed ID: 30471552.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Childhood maltreatment has been linked to later alcohol use and disorders. Few studies have examined the pathways linking child maltreatment to alcohol use during the transition to adulthood. Currently, minimal understanding of such developmental pathways limits the success of alcohol prevention and intervention efforts for this highly vulnerable population. The present study examined if individual differences in self-regulation processes are critical factors that mediate the association between childhood maltreatment and risk for alcohol use. METHOD: Young adults (N = 335; mean age = 21.7), who were recruited from the community, completed self-report measures of childhood maltreatment, different facets of self-regulation processes, and alcohol use. Multiple structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses were performed to specify the roles of two related, but different, self-regulation processes (i.e., behavioral self-control and behavioral dysregulation) in linking child maltreatment to four different patterns of drinking behaviors, including drinking frequency, binge drinking, alcohol-related problems, and alcohol dependence. Common risk factors for alcohol use, such as psychological symptoms and peer alcohol use, were also entered into the models. RESULTS: We found that behavioral dysregulation particularly plays a mediating role in the associations between childhood emotional abuse and problematic alcohol use during young adulthood. CONCLUSION: The results of this research suggest that self-control processes would be potentially useful targets to prevent problematic alcohol use among young people who have had exposure to childhood maltreatment.
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