Predictors of hazardous drinking and internet gaming severity among a military sample

Researchers have placed a necessary focus on the mental health and substance use needs of U.S. military populations. In the present study, we examined a sequential regression model in which psychological, emotional, and spiritual factors predicted hazardous drinking and internet gaming severity in a...

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Authors: Prosek, Elizabeth A. (Author) ; Giordano, Amanda L. (Author) ; Burgin, Elizabeth E. (Author) ; Valverde, Nancy (Author) ; Hagedorn, W. Bryce (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Journal of addictions & offender counseling
Year: 2023, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-93
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Keywords:
spiritual struggle
Shame
Religious Coping
Military
internet gaming
hazardous drinking
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Summary:Researchers have placed a necessary focus on the mental health and substance use needs of U.S. military populations. In the present study, we examined a sequential regression model in which psychological, emotional, and spiritual factors predicted hazardous drinking and internet gaming severity in a national sample of 207 with military identities. Results indicated that posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, shame, and negative religious coping predicted hazardous alcohol use. Additionally, religious and spiritual struggles predicted higher internet gaming severity. Future research is needed to better contextualize combat era demographics and mental health risk and protective factors associated with alcohol use and internet gaming among military populations.
ISSN:2161-1874
DOI:10.1002/jaoc.12114