Abstract

Objective

The associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, alcohol use, and alcohol use motives are well-established. Emotion regulation difficulties have been implicated in the association between PTSD symptoms and alcohol use. A dearth of empirical work, however, has examined these associations among Black/African American college students, a population with high prevalence of exposure to potentially traumatic events, PTSD symptomatology, and alcohol-related consequences.

Methods

This study examined PTSD symptoms, emotion regulation difficulties, and alcohol use severity and motives among a sample of Black/African American trauma-exposed college students (N = 282; 77.4% identified as female; M age = 22.36, SD = 4.71).

Results

PTSD symptom severity was related to alcohol use and coping and conformity motives for alcohol use through heightened emotion regulation difficulties. Findings were significant above and beyond the effects of trauma load (i.e., number of potentially traumatic event types experienced).

Conclusions

This study extends past work to an understudied population and contributes to groundwork for culturally informed interventions.

中文翻译：

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非西班牙裔黑人/非裔美国大学生的创伤后压力、饮酒和饮酒动机：情绪调节的作用

摘要

客观的

创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状严重程度、饮酒和饮酒动机之间的关联已明确。情绪调节困难与创伤后应激障碍症状和饮酒之间的关联有关。然而，缺乏实证研究来检验黑人/非裔美国大学生之间的这些关联，这些群体是暴露于潜在创伤事件、创伤后应激障碍症状和酒精相关后果的高发人群。

方法

这项研究调查了遭受创伤的黑人/非裔美国大学生样本的 PTSD 症状、情绪调节困难、饮酒严重程度和动机（N =  282；77.4% 为女性；M 年龄 = 22.36，SD  = 4.71）。

结果

创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状的严重程度与饮酒以及通过加剧情绪调节困难而应对饮酒和从众动机有关。研究结果的意义重大，超出了创伤负荷的影响（即经历的潜在创伤事件类型的数量）。

结论

这项研究将过去的工作扩展到了未充分研究的人群，并为文化干预措施奠定了基础。