The role of distress tolerance in the momentary relationship between negative affect and drinking in daily life.

IF 2.7 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI:10.1037/adb0001099

Matison W McCool, Ryan W Carpenter, Jarrod M Ellingson

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Abstract

Objective: Individual differences in how well people are able to endure unwanted emotional states, or distress tolerance, may impact whether and how much people drink in response to negative affect, as well as the degree to which their negative affect declines after drinking. We examined trait distress tolerance as a moderator of the daily life association of negative affect with subsequent alcohol use, and vice versa.

Method: Participants (N = 41) completed four assessments per day for 60 days. We examined whether distress tolerance moderates the relationship between cumulative negative affect so far that day and any subsequent alcohol use (vs. no use, Model 1; total drinks consumed, Model 2), as well as the cumulative number of drinks consumed and subsequent negative affect (Model 3).

Results: Greater cumulative negative affect was associated with reporting greater cumulative alcohol quantities (Model 2), though not with any alcohol use (Model 1). Distress tolerance did not moderate these relationships. However, distress tolerance significantly moderated the association of cumulative drinks and subsequent negative affect. Simple slopes indicated that consuming more alcohol was associated with greater reductions in negative affect in participants with low distress tolerance.

Conclusions: Findings suggest a complicated relationship between negative affect, distress tolerance, and alcohol use. Greater reductions in negative affect following alcohol use in people with low distress tolerance may potentially place them at greater risk of developing alcohol use disorder. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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日常生活中消极情绪与饮酒的瞬间关系中痛苦耐受的作用。

目的：人们在忍受不想要的情绪状态或痛苦承受能力上的个体差异，可能会影响人们在面对负面影响时是否饮酒以及饮酒的量，以及饮酒后负面影响下降的程度。我们研究了特质痛苦耐受性作为负面情绪与随后饮酒的日常生活关联的调节因子，反之亦然。方法：参与者（N = 41）每天完成4次评估，持续60天。我们检验了痛苦耐受性是否调节了当天累积的负面情绪与随后的任何酒精使用之间的关系（与不使用相比，模型1；总饮酒量，模型2），以及累积饮酒量与随后的负面情绪之间的关系（模型3）。结果：更大的累积负面影响与报告更多的累积酒精量相关（模型2），但与任何酒精使用无关（模型1）。痛苦容忍并没有缓和这些关系。然而，痛苦耐受显著调节了累积饮酒和随后的负面影响的关联。简单的斜率表明，在痛苦耐受性低的参与者中，摄入更多的酒精与负面影响的更大减少有关。结论：研究结果表明，消极情绪、痛苦耐受性和酒精使用之间存在复杂的关系。对痛苦承受能力较低的人来说，饮酒后负面情绪的减少幅度更大，这可能会使他们患酒精使用障碍的风险更高。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Multiple-

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4.90

自引率

11.80%

发文量

165

期刊介绍： Psychology of Addictive Behaviors publishes peer-reviewed original articles related to the psychological aspects of addictive behaviors. The journal includes articles on the following topics: - alcohol and alcoholism - drug use and abuse - eating disorders - smoking and nicotine addiction, and other excessive behaviors (e.g., gambling) Full-length research reports, literature reviews, brief reports, and comments are published.