Patterns and temporal change of psychopathological symptoms among inpatients with alcohol use disorder undergoing a twelve-step based treatment

Abstract

Highlights Psychopathological symptom profiles and trajectories were examined among AUD inpatients. Three quantitatively different subgroups were identified in terms of psychopathological symptoms. Classes were discriminated by different psychopathological symptom change trajectories. Subgroups with more severe psychopathological symptoms used alcohol in a more harmful way. Drinking of the more severely affected classes were more motivated by coping and conformity motives.

The mediating effect of anger rumination, coping and conformity motives on the association between hostility and problematic cannabis use

“…Moreover, previous studies also showed that both conformity motives and AR can be associated with higher rates of psychopathology. For example, it might be possible that the positive association between conformity motives and AR can be accounted for higher levels of general psychopathological severity, social anxiety and anxiety sensitivity ( Cooper et al, 2015 , Horváth et al, 2020 ). However, these suggested mechanisms should be interpreted cautiously as they were not tested in the present study.…”