Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley

As social anxiety becomes a threat, drinking becomes a trend in experiencing relaxation, acceptance of peers and decreases performance fear. Individuals with social anxiety disorder are two to three times more likely to establish alcohol use disorder. This paper sought to assist in integrating a det...

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Main Authors: Raj, Sharivini Lekha Youva, Yasin, Mohd Azhar Mohd, Othman, Zahiruddin, Othman, Azizah
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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author Raj, Sharivini Lekha Youva
Yasin, Mohd Azhar Mohd
Othman, Zahiruddin
Othman, Azizah
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Yasin, Mohd Azhar Mohd
Othman, Zahiruddin
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description As social anxiety becomes a threat, drinking becomes a trend in experiencing relaxation, acceptance of peers and decreases performance fear. Individuals with social anxiety disorder are two to three times more likely to establish alcohol use disorder. This paper sought to assist in integrating a detailed analysis of potential unique mediator of alcohol use among socially anxious people. The findings suggested that students with high social anxiety endorsed greater negative reinforcing drinking motives (coping, conformity) which independently mediate the relationship between the social anxiety and alcohol use, whereas enhancement motives and social motives were statistically non-significant.
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spelling usm-453362019-09-06T08:05:58Z http://eprints.usm.my/45336/ Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley Raj, Sharivini Lekha Youva Yasin, Mohd Azhar Mohd Othman, Zahiruddin Othman, Azizah RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry As social anxiety becomes a threat, drinking becomes a trend in experiencing relaxation, acceptance of peers and decreases performance fear. Individuals with social anxiety disorder are two to three times more likely to establish alcohol use disorder. This paper sought to assist in integrating a detailed analysis of potential unique mediator of alcohol use among socially anxious people. The findings suggested that students with high social anxiety endorsed greater negative reinforcing drinking motives (coping, conformity) which independently mediate the relationship between the social anxiety and alcohol use, whereas enhancement motives and social motives were statistically non-significant. Elsevier 2016-05-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45336/1/Drinking%20motives%20as%20mediator%20between%20social%20anxiety%20and%20alcohol%20misuse.pdf Raj, Sharivini Lekha Youva and Yasin, Mohd Azhar Mohd and Othman, Zahiruddin and Othman, Azizah (2016) Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 219. pp. 614-619. ISSN 1877-0428 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281630101X
spellingShingle RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Raj, Sharivini Lekha Youva
Yasin, Mohd Azhar Mohd
Othman, Zahiruddin
Othman, Azizah
Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley
title Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley
title_full Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley
title_fullStr Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley
title_full_unstemmed Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley
title_short Drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in Klang Valley
title_sort drinking motives as mediator between social anxiety and alcohol misuse among private university students in klang valley
topic RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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