TY - JOUR
T1 - Perfectionism and self-medication as mediators of the links between parenting styles and drinking outcomes
AU - Patock-Peckham, J. A.
AU - Corbin, W. R.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge NIH/NIAAA grant K01AA024160-01A1 to Julie A. Patock-Peckham; Burton Family Foundation's grant to Social Addictions Impulse Lab (SAIL).Funding for this study was provided by NIH/NIAAA K01AA024160-01A1 as well as from the Burton Family Foundation grant to the Social Addictions Impulse Lab. Neither NIAAA nor the Burton Family Foundation had any role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by NIH / NIAAA K01AA024160-01A1 as well as from the Burton Family Foundation grant to the Social Addictions Impulse Lab. Neither NIAAA nor the Burton Family Foundation had any role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Arizona State University
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Objective: Perfectionism reflects unreasonably high expectations for oneself that are rarely obtainable leading to negative affect. The self-medication model suggests that alcohol consumption is negatively reinforced and subsequently escalated due to reductions in negative affect when drinking (Hersh & Hussong, 2009). Wang (2010) found that parents directly influence perfectionism levels. Parents have also been found to indirectly influence alcohol-related problems (Patock-Peckham & Morgan-Lopez, 2006, 2009). The current study sought to examine the indirect effects of parenting on alcohol-related problems and alcohol use quantity/frequency through perfectionism dimensions, (i.e. order, discrepancy, and high standards) depression, and self-medication motives for drinking. We hypothesized that more critical parenting and perfectionism discrepancy would be associated with heavier drinking by increasing depressive symptoms and promoting drinking for negative reinforcement. Method: A structural equation model with 419 university volunteers was utilized to test our mediational hypotheses. Results: The analyses identified an indirect link between maternal authoritarian parenting and alcohol-related problems operating through perfectionism discrepancy. Higher levels of maternal authoritarian parenting were associated with greater perfectionism discrepancy which contributed to higher levels of depression, and in turn, stronger self-medication motives, as well as more alcohol-related problems. Conclusions: Maternal authoritarian parenting style is directly linked to perfectionism discrepancy along the self-medication pathway to alcohol-related problems. Our results suggest that the reduction of perfectionism discrepancy may be a good therapeutic target for depression as well as inform the development of parent or individual based prevention efforts to reduce risk for alcohol-related problems.
AB - Objective: Perfectionism reflects unreasonably high expectations for oneself that are rarely obtainable leading to negative affect. The self-medication model suggests that alcohol consumption is negatively reinforced and subsequently escalated due to reductions in negative affect when drinking (Hersh & Hussong, 2009). Wang (2010) found that parents directly influence perfectionism levels. Parents have also been found to indirectly influence alcohol-related problems (Patock-Peckham & Morgan-Lopez, 2006, 2009). The current study sought to examine the indirect effects of parenting on alcohol-related problems and alcohol use quantity/frequency through perfectionism dimensions, (i.e. order, discrepancy, and high standards) depression, and self-medication motives for drinking. We hypothesized that more critical parenting and perfectionism discrepancy would be associated with heavier drinking by increasing depressive symptoms and promoting drinking for negative reinforcement. Method: A structural equation model with 419 university volunteers was utilized to test our mediational hypotheses. Results: The analyses identified an indirect link between maternal authoritarian parenting and alcohol-related problems operating through perfectionism discrepancy. Higher levels of maternal authoritarian parenting were associated with greater perfectionism discrepancy which contributed to higher levels of depression, and in turn, stronger self-medication motives, as well as more alcohol-related problems. Conclusions: Maternal authoritarian parenting style is directly linked to perfectionism discrepancy along the self-medication pathway to alcohol-related problems. Our results suggest that the reduction of perfectionism discrepancy may be a good therapeutic target for depression as well as inform the development of parent or individual based prevention efforts to reduce risk for alcohol-related problems.
KW - Alcohol use
KW - Alcohol-related problems
KW - Coping motives
KW - Depression
KW - Parenting styles
KW - Perfectionism
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U2 - 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100218
DO - 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100218
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073111970
SN - 2352-8532
VL - 10
JO - Addictive Behaviors Reports
JF - Addictive Behaviors Reports
M1 - 100218
ER -