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  • Neuroscience
  • Addiction Research

Background:

  • Alcohol use is linked to affect regulation motives and executive function (EF) deficits.
  • Dual-process models suggest an interaction between affect-driven motives and cognitive control in alcohol involvement, but this remains understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine if executive functions moderate the relationship between drinking motives (enhancement, coping) and alcohol use, heavy drinking, and consequences.
  • To test the hypothesis that stronger drinking motives predict greater alcohol involvement in individuals with lower executive function.

Main Methods:

  • 801 participants completed nine executive function tasks and measures of drinking motives, alcohol use, heavy drinking, and negative consequences.
  • Structural modeling and latent variable interaction analyses were employed.

Main Results:

  • Both enhancement and coping motives predicted alcohol use and heavy drinking.
  • Motives influenced consequences directly and indirectly through alcohol use.
  • Shifting-specific executive functions showed a modest positive association with heavy drinking.
  • Contrary to hypotheses, executive function abilities did not consistently attenuate the effects of drinking motives on alcohol outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • The predicted interaction between drinking motives and executive functions in predicting alcohol involvement and consequences was not consistently supported.
  • Further research is needed to understand the complex interplay between cognitive control and motivational factors in alcohol use patterns.