This article explains how alcohol makes social responses more extreme, enhances
important self-evaluations, and relieves anxiety and depression, effects that underlie both�…

Fear causes fleeing and thereby saves lives: this exemplifies a popular and common sense
but increasingly untenable view that the direct causation of behavior is the primary function�…

The present study proposed and tested a motivational model of alcohol use in which people
are hypothesized to use alcohol to regulate both positive and negative emotions. Two�…

Rationale: The notion that stress leads to drug abuse in vulnerable individuals and relapse
in addicts is not new. Most major theories of addiction postulate that stress plays an�…

Alcohol use and misuse account for 3.3 million deaths every year, or 6 percent of all deaths
worldwide. The harmful effects of alcohol misuse are far reaching and range from individual�…

Developed a questionnaire from interviews with 125 15–60 yr old individuals of diversified
drinking backgrounds. Responses from an additional 400 Ss were used to refine the�…

Advances in wireless devices and mobile technology offer many opportunities for delivering
just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs)–suites of interventions that adapt over time to an�…

Alcohol consumption is an integral part of daily life in many societies. The benefits
associated with the production, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages come at an enormous�…

A growing body of research has suggested that the experience of injustice, psychological
contract breach, or unfairness can adversely impact an employee's health. We conducted a�…

Objective: As emotion regulation is widely considered to be a primary motive in the misuse
of alcohol, our aim in the study was to investigate whether deficits in adaptive emotion�…