TY - JOUR
T1 - Perfectionism discrepancy and falling short of the ideal self
T2 - Investigating drinking motives and impaired control on the road to alcohol-related problems.
AU - Canning, Jessica R.
AU - Patock-Peckham, Julie A.
AU - Walters, Kyle J.
AU - Bauman, D. C.
AU - Frohe, Tessa
AU - Leeman, Robert F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH / NIAAA award number F31 AA027471 to Jessica R. Canning, NIH / NIAAA award number K01 AA024160-01A1 and Burton Family Foundation award number FP11815 to Julie A. Patock-Peckham, NIH / NIAAA award numbers R21 AA026918 and UH3 AA02614 , the Mary F. Lane Endowed Professorship, and moonshot initiative pilot funding from the University of Florida Center for Research to Investigate Substance use & Pain (UF-CRISP) to Robert F. Leeman.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH/NIAAA award number F31 AA027471 to Jessica R. Canning, NIH/NIAAA award number K01 AA024160-01A1 and Burton Family Foundation award number FP11815 to Julie A. Patock-Peckham, NIH/NIAAA award numbers R21 AA026918 and UH3 AA02614, the Mary F. Lane Endowed Professorship, and moonshot initiative pilot funding from the University of Florida Center for Research to Investigate Substance use & Pain (UF-CRISP) to Robert F. Leeman.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Self-Discrepancy Theory (Higgins, 1987) predicts that the difference between the ideal and the actual self will be associated with impaired-control-over-drinking (IC; dysregulated drinking beyond one's own limits) as well as alcohol-related-problems. According to Slaney et al. (2001) perfectionism is a multi-faceted personality trait which represents both adaptive (e.g. high-standards) and maladaptive (e.g. discrepancy) aspects. In particular, discrepancy has been associated with poorer coping approaches, which may suggest a Self-Medication route to IC. Yet, to date, no one has examined whether drinking-motives (e.g., social, enhancement, coping and conformity) mediate the relations between discrepancy and high standards and alcohol-outcomes such as IC. We used a structural equation model to test indirect associations of discrepancy and high-standards to both heavy-episodic-drinking and alcohol-related-problems through the mediating mechanisms of drinking-motives and IC. Results supported the distinction between discrepancy and high-standards consistent with the Self-Medication Hypothesis (Hersh & Hussong, 2009). Discrepancy was associated with poorer alcohol-outcomes through greater coping-motives, conformity-motives and IC. In contrast, higher-standards were associated with fewer alcohol-outcomes through less coping-motives, conformity-motives, and IC. This study illustrates the importance of personality factors such as discrepancy in the development of problematic alcohol-use suggesting that it might be a good target for intervention.
AB - Self-Discrepancy Theory (Higgins, 1987) predicts that the difference between the ideal and the actual self will be associated with impaired-control-over-drinking (IC; dysregulated drinking beyond one's own limits) as well as alcohol-related-problems. According to Slaney et al. (2001) perfectionism is a multi-faceted personality trait which represents both adaptive (e.g. high-standards) and maladaptive (e.g. discrepancy) aspects. In particular, discrepancy has been associated with poorer coping approaches, which may suggest a Self-Medication route to IC. Yet, to date, no one has examined whether drinking-motives (e.g., social, enhancement, coping and conformity) mediate the relations between discrepancy and high standards and alcohol-outcomes such as IC. We used a structural equation model to test indirect associations of discrepancy and high-standards to both heavy-episodic-drinking and alcohol-related-problems through the mediating mechanisms of drinking-motives and IC. Results supported the distinction between discrepancy and high-standards consistent with the Self-Medication Hypothesis (Hersh & Hussong, 2009). Discrepancy was associated with poorer alcohol-outcomes through greater coping-motives, conformity-motives and IC. In contrast, higher-standards were associated with fewer alcohol-outcomes through less coping-motives, conformity-motives, and IC. This study illustrates the importance of personality factors such as discrepancy in the development of problematic alcohol-use suggesting that it might be a good target for intervention.
KW - Alcohol problems
KW - Alcohol use
KW - Drinking-motives
KW - Heavy-episodic-drinking
KW - Impaired control
KW - Perfectionism
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109909
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109909
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079554674
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 159
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 109909
ER -