TY - JOUR

T1 - Self-regulation, adaptive motivation, and alcohol consumption: Understanding university students’ motivation for drinking

AU - Bagheri, Mansour

AU - Cox, W. Miles

PY - 2024/6

Y1 - 2024/6

N2 - ObjectiveA study was conducted to examine relationships among university students’ self-regulation, motivational structure, and alcohol consumption.MethodParticipants were student drinkers (N = 105, females = 77.7%, mean age = 19.82 years) who completed a demographics questionnaire, the Alcohol Use Questionnaire, Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire, and Personal Concern Inventory (PCI).ResultsSelf-regulation was negatively correlated with the amount of alcohol that students drank on typical (p ConclusionsThe study demonstrates that self-regulation and motivational structure play an important role in university students’ alcohol consumption. Interventions could be developed for experimentally manipulating these measures with the aim of reducing students’ use of alcohol.

AB - ObjectiveA study was conducted to examine relationships among university students’ self-regulation, motivational structure, and alcohol consumption.MethodParticipants were student drinkers (N = 105, females = 77.7%, mean age = 19.82 years) who completed a demographics questionnaire, the Alcohol Use Questionnaire, Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire, and Personal Concern Inventory (PCI).ResultsSelf-regulation was negatively correlated with the amount of alcohol that students drank on typical (p ConclusionsThe study demonstrates that self-regulation and motivational structure play an important role in university students’ alcohol consumption. Interventions could be developed for experimentally manipulating these measures with the aim of reducing students’ use of alcohol.

M3 - Article

VL - 29

SP - 389

EP - 392

JO - Journal of Substance Use

JF - Journal of Substance Use

SN - 1465-9891

IS - 3

ER -