In my dissertation, I sought to better understand how social influence and drinking
motivations impact drinking behaviour within close interpersonal relationships. I focused on …

Background: Heavy alcohol consumption and frequent alcohol use are associated with
many adverse social and physical consequences. The different motivations underlying why …

Excessive alcohol consumption is related to adverse physical and social consequences.
Research shows an individual's own drinking motives (reasons for drinking alcohol) are …

Abundant research concerning adolescent and young adult drinking has focused primarily
on factors that may explain the continuance of alcohol use from adolescence into young …

Background Research suggests that enhancement, conformity, social, coping-with-anxiety,
and coping-with-depression drinking motives are linked to specific drinking outcomes in a …

Drinking to cope with negative affect is a strong predictor of alcohol-related problems. We
hypothesized that the association between friendship conflict and alcohol-related problems …

Links between young adult friendships and drinking practices have recently emerged as an
area of interest from multiple disciplinary perspectives. This can be seen in emergent …

Abstract Background: The Transitions Catalyst Model suggests increased drinking during
young adulthood is due to the notion that alcohol facilitates friendships and romantic/sexual …

Dating several people in emerging adulthood has been associated with higher alcohol use
compared with being single or being in an exclusive relationship. As a follow-up to that …

Alcohol consumption is becoming an increasing concern among young adults. In 2018,
approximately one-third of young adults in the United States reported binge drinking within …