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The motive to drink due to social anxiety and its relation to hazardous alcohol use.

“…Social anxiety often precedes alcohol abuse and dependence (Buckner, Schmidt, Bobadilla, & Taylor, 2006; Kushner, Sher, & Beitman, 1990) and serves as a risk factor for alcohol use disorders (Buckner & Schmidt, 2009) and alcohol-related problems (Buckner, Schmidt, et al, 2006; Gilles, Turk, & Fresco, 2006). Whereas social anxiety in general is probably not related to a higher frequency or quantity of drinking (Buckner, Meade Eggleston, & Schmidt, 2006; Gilles et al, 2006; Ham, Hope, White, & Rivers, 2002), some studies found an association with increased alcohol related problems (Buckner, Meade Eggleston, et al, 2006; Lewis et al, 2008). However, Ham and Hope (2005) found that social anxiety was inversely correlated with alcohol related problems as assessed with the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI; White & Labouvie, 1989) or not related at all (Ham, Bonin, & Hope, 2007).…”

“…Positive alcohol outcome expectancies are related to increased problematic alcohol consumption (Reis & Riley, 2000). Social anxiety may, for example, be related to alcohol outcome expectancies regarding tension reduction (Ham et al, 2002; Tran, Anthenelli, Smith, Corcoran, & Rofey, 2004) or social assertiveness (Burke & Stephens, 1997; Ham, Carrigan, Moak, & Randall, 2005). In addition, negative alcohol outcome expectancies have been suggested to be relevant.…”

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Patients with Co-Existing Social Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorders: A Pilot Study

“…Affective levels are theoretically relevant here as recent research has revealed that patients with SUDs and in particular, SAD, have high levels of negative affect and chronically low levels of positive affect (Kashdan and Breen 2007;Wills et al 1992). In considering the relevance of alcohol expectancies, patients diagnosed with concurrent alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and SAD have been found to hold elevated positive alcohol expectancies of general tension and social anxiety reduction (Ham et al 2002;Tran and Haaga 2002) and of increased social assertiveness (Ham et al 2002), relative to SAD without AUDs and normal controls. In addition, in Ham et al study, both the social assertiveness and tension reduction alcohol expectancies significantly predicted increased alcohol consumption amongst patients seeking treatment for SAD.…”

Speeches, strangers, and alcohol use: The role of context in social stress response dampening

“…It is recommended that future studies examine alcohol outcome expectancies (i.e., beliefs about the effects of alcohol; Goldman, Del Boca, & Darkes, 1999) and drinking motives (i.e., reasons for drinking; Cooper, 1994) given their relevance to social anxiety and problem drinking (particularly expectancies related to anxiety reduction and social facilitation [Ham, Carrigan, Moak, & Randall, 2005;Ham, Hope, White, & Rivers, 2002;Tran & Haaga, 2002;Tran, Haaga, & Chambless, 1997] and coping motives [Buckner, Schmidt, & Eggleston, 2006;Ham et al, 2007;Stewart et al, 2006]). In addition, other forms of anxiety (e.g., trait anxiety, anxiety sensitivity) that have been linked with alcohol use and increased SRD effects (Kushner, Thuras, Abrams, Brekke, & Stritar, 2001;Stewart, Pihl, & Peterson, 1995) were not considered in the present study.…”