2023
All Positive Constructs are Not Equal: Positive Affect, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction in Relation to Alcohol and Mental Health Outcomes
Schick M, Trinh C, Todi A, Spillane N. All Positive Constructs are Not Equal: Positive Affect, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction in Relation to Alcohol and Mental Health Outcomes. International Journal Of Applied Positive Psychology 2023, 8: 467-484. DOI: 10.1007/s41042-023-00103-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health outcomesPositive affectLife satisfactionOnline battery of self-report measuresBattery of self-report measuresAssociated with coping motivesAssociated with anxiety symptomsPositive constructsAssociated with depressive symptomsPositive psychological constructsSelf-report measuresHealth outcomesAssociated with alcoholConfirmatory factor analysisConformity motivesOnline batteryAnxiety symptomsFactor structureDepressive symptomsPsychological constructsSubjective happinessAlcohol useAffectFactor analysisUndergraduate students
2022
A retrospective examination of changes in drinking motives during the early COVID-19 pandemic
Spillane N, Schick M, Nalven T, Crawford M, Martz A. A retrospective examination of changes in drinking motives during the early COVID-19 pandemic. The International Journal Of Psychiatry In Medicine 2022, 58: 102-118. PMID: 35722920, PMCID: PMC9209856, DOI: 10.1177/00912174221110086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrinking motivesAlcohol useEndorsement of coping motivesCollege student alcohol useAlcohol use quantityStudent alcohol useLifetime alcohol useCoping motivesConformity motivesTarget copingSocial drinkingCollege studentsDrinking patternsUndergraduate studentsPaired sample <i>Associated with changesAlcoholEndorsementMotivationDrinkingStay-at-home ordersOnline surveyCOVID-19 pandemicParticipantsCollege
2021
Drinking to Fit in: The Effects of Drinking Motives and Self-Esteem on Alcohol Use among Female College Students
Schick M, Nalven T, Spillane N. Drinking to Fit in: The Effects of Drinking Motives and Self-Esteem on Alcohol Use among Female College Students. Substance Use & Misuse 2021, 57: 76-85. PMID: 34678113, PMCID: PMC8992737, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1990334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemale college studentsDrinking motivesConformity motivesSelf-esteemCollege studentsAlcohol useSocial motivationEffects of drinking motivesSample of female college studentsAlcohol consumptionPredicting alcohol useSimple slope analysesRates of alcohol useMonth alcohol useNortheastern public universityFemale undergraduatesDrinking alcoholAlcoholSlope analysisFemale studentsMotivationDrinkingParticipantsStudentsCoping