Self-regulation, alcohol consumption and consequences in college student heavy drinkers: A latent growth analysis

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Understanding risk factors related to the progression of alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences may assist with screening at-risk individuals for targeted intervention. One risk factor related to increased rates of alcohol-related consequences is lower levels of self-regulation. Self-regulation refers to the effortful ability to plan and achieve delayed adaptive outcomes through goal-directed behavior. This study used simultaneous process latent growth modeling to investigate the role of self-regulation on the development of aggregate weekly alcohol consumption (both typical and peak) and alcohol consequences in a sample of 170 college student drinkers over a period of 12 months. The study aims were to (a) investigate the factor structure of the short self-regulation questionnaire (SSRQ), (b) investigate the feasibility of the use of simultaneous of growth modeling in college student drinkers, and (c) test predictions from self-regulation theory about the relationship between alc

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