2021
The moderating role of emotion dysregulation in the relation between potentially morally injurious experiences and alcohol misuse among military Veterans
Forkus S, Schick M, Goncharenko S, Thomas E, Contractor A, Weiss N. The moderating role of emotion dysregulation in the relation between potentially morally injurious experiences and alcohol misuse among military Veterans. Military Psychology 2021, 33: 41-49. PMID: 38536244, PMCID: PMC10013211, DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2020.1842640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive emotion dysregulationEmotion dysregulationUS military veteransMilitary veteransAlcohol misuseSample of US military veteransAlcohol misuse interventionsSimple slope testsCommunity sampleMisuse interventionsPMIEsModerating roleVeteransEmotionsDysregulationAlcoholMisusePervasive problemMoral standardsInjury experiencePotential utilityInjury eventsSlope test
2020
Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse: The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors
Schick M, Weiss N, Contractor A, Thomas E, Spillane N. Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse: The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors. Substance Use & Misuse 2020, 55: 1173-1183. PMID: 32078402, PMCID: PMC7180126, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1729205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifficulties regulating positive emotionsPositive emotionsDrug misuseSubstance misuseTreatment of substance misuseTrauma-exposed adultsGender-sensitive recommendationsAssociated with alcoholGrowing body of researchSignificant public health concernBody of researchModeration analysisPublic health concernSociodemographic moderatorsSociodemographic groupsAlcohol useTreatment effortsEmotionsDeleterious outcomesHealth concernAlcoholGrowing bodyGenderMisuseModeratelyAlcohol misuse to down-regulate positive emotions: A cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis among US military veterans
Weiss N, Forkus S, Raudales A, Schick M, Contractor A. Alcohol misuse to down-regulate positive emotions: A cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis among US military veterans. Addictive Behaviors 2020, 105: 106322. PMID: 32006684, PMCID: PMC7059215, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPositive emotional avoidanceCo-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorderUS military veteransPosttraumatic stress disorder symptomsEmotional avoidancePositive emotional intensityMilitary veteransAlcohol misuseEmotional intensityPositive emotionsPosttraumatic stress disorder symptomatologyDown-regulate positive emotionsMultiple mediation analysisCo-occurrenceFindings advance theoryClinically relevant concernStress disorderEmotional dysfunctionMediation analysisVeteransAvoidanceEmotionsAlcoholMisuse
2018
Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis
Weiss N, Forkus S, Contractor A, Schick M. Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis. Addictive Behaviors 2018, 84: 45-52. PMID: 29625262, PMCID: PMC5975124, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.03.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifficulties regulating positive emotionsPositive emotionsCollege studentsDrug misuseTreatment of alcoholismEmotion dysregulationStructural equation modelingNegative emotionsReduce alcoholEmotionsEquation modelingAlcoholMisuseCollegeDysregulationAlternative modelsDifficultiesStudentsDrugNarrow focusParticipantsResearch