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 pandemicParticipantsCollegePerceived stress and resilience among college students: The roles of self-compassion and anxiety symptomatology
DiFonte M, Schick M, Spillane N. Perceived stress and resilience among college students: The roles of self-compassion and anxiety symptomatology. Journal Of American College Health 2022, 72: 128-134. PMID: 35114902, DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.2024211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-compassionAnxiety symptomatologyPerceived stressLevels of anxiety symptomatologyCollege studentsForty-five undergraduate studentsIncreasing self-compassionSelf-report measuresAnxietySymptomatologyUndergraduate studentsManaging stressEnhance resilienceCollegeResilienceStudentsPublic universityUnited StatesNortheastern United StatesParticipantsStress
2019
Positive urgency worsens the impact of normative feedback on 21st birthday drinking
Whitt Z, Bernstein M, Spillane N, Stein L, Suffoletto B, Neighbors C, Schick M, Cyders M. Positive urgency worsens the impact of normative feedback on 21st birthday drinking. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 204: 107559. PMID: 31563804, PMCID: PMC6878139, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevels of positive urgencyPositive urgencyBirthday drinkingIntervention conditionNormative feedbackAssociated with more alcohol consumptionResponse to positive emotionsAlcohol consumptionReducing 21st birthday drinkingPersonalized normative feedbackAlcohol-related consequencesActual alcohol consumptionAssociated with drinkingHierarchical linear regressionReduce alcohol consumptionModerated-mediation modelPlanned drinkingNegative consequencesAssociated with greater numbersDrinking problemsPositive emotionsModerated-mediationUndergraduate studentsControl conditionParticipants