Avoidance coping strategies, alexithymia and alcohol abuse: A mediation analysis

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1224-1229

  Coriale, Giovanna ^a   Bilotta, Elena ^b   Leone, Luigi ^b   Cosimi, Fernando ^a   Porrari, Raffaella ^a   De Rosa, Francesca ^a   Ceccanti, Mauro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alexithymia; Avoidance coping strategies; Mediation; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING ORIENTATION TO PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IN ITS VALIDATED ITALIAN VERSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE IN ITS VALIDATED ITALIAN VERSION 20;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864013927     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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