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Gender matters: the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol-related consequences.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Identification of risk factors for alcohol-related consequences is an important public health concern. Both gender and social anxiety have been associated with alcohol-related consequences broadly, but it is unknown whether these variables are differentially related to specific types of alcohol-related consequences for American college students.

Methods

In the present study, 573 undergraduate students (M(age) = 19.86 years, SD = 1.40; range 18 to 25; 68.9% female) completed an on-line assessment of social anxiety, alcohol use, and four types of alcohol-related consequences (personal, social, physical, and role). Poisson regressions were run to examine social anxiety, gender, and the interaction between social anxiety and gender as predictors of each type of alcohol-related consequences.

Results

After controlling for alcohol use, social anxiety was positively associated with all four types of consequences, and females endorsed higher rates of physical, personal, and role consequences. The interaction between social anxiety and gender was statistically significant only for physical consequences, with social anxiety having a stronger effect for males.

Discussion and conclusions

These findings, which diverge somewhat from those of a prior study with Australian college students, are discussed in the context of a biopsychosocial model of social anxiety and substance use problems.

Scientific significance

This study highlights the importance of further investigating cultural differences in the relationships among social anxiety, gender, and alcohol-related consequences.

SUBMITTER: Schry AR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4277359 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gender matters: the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol-related consequences.

Schry Amie R AR Norberg Melissa M MM Maddox Brenna B BB White Susan W SW

PloS one 20141226 12

<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Identification of risk factors for alcohol-related consequences is an important public health concern. Both gender and social anxiety have been associated with alcohol-related consequences broadly, but it is unknown whether these variables are differentially related to specific types of alcohol-related consequences for American college students.<h4>Methods</h4>In the present study, 573 undergraduate students (M(age) = 19.86 years, SD = 1.40; range 18 to 25; 68.9 ...[more]

PMID: 25541722

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Gender matters: the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol-related consequences.

Background and objectives

Methods

Results

Discussion and conclusions

Scientific significance

Publications

Gender matters: the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol-related consequences.

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