Problem drinking and depression among DWI offenders: A three-wave longitudinal study.

Abstract

Longitudinal data collected at 3 occasions of measurement from a convicted driving-while-intoxicated sample (n = 302) were used to study the interrelations between problem drinking and depressive symptomatology. Time intervals between occasions of measurement were approximately 9 months. Cross-lagged latent variable models indicated that higher levels of depression at Time 1 were significantly associated with lower levels of problem drinking at Time 2. Similarly, higher levels of problem drinking at Time 1 were significantly associated with lower levels of depression at Time 2. However, the direction of effects for the cross-lagged coefficients were reversed for the Time-2-Time-3 relations. Higher levels of depression at Time 2 were significantly associated with higher levels of problem drinking at Time 3, and higher levels of problem drinking at Time 2 were associated with higher levels of depression at Time 3. The results are interpreted to reflect a biphasic process.

Alcohol involvement as a function of co-occurring alcohol use disorders and major depressive episode: Evidence from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

“…In fact, among females with alcohol abuse, MDE was associated with lower frequency of drinking at home alone; among males with alcohol abuse, MDE was associated with lower quantity of daily consumption. Some previous work has documented inverse associations between depressive symptoms and alcohol involvement (Schutte et al, 1995; Windle and Miller, 1990). Males may be more likely to withdraw socially when depressed, which might result in lower consumption (Schutte et al, 1995).…”

Hazardous Drinking, Depression, and Anxiety Among Sexual-Minority Women: Self-Medication or Impaired Functioning?

“…Findings from several longitudinal studies suggest a transactional association between heavy alcohol use and depression in which each condition prospectively exacerbates the other (Gilman and Abraham, 2001;Locke and Newcomb, 2001;Marmorstein, 2009;Windle and Miller, 1990). Although a handful of researchers have found no evidence of a prospective association between the two (Fleming et al, 2008), with few exceptions (Kaplow et al, 2001) this research has not considered other forms of psychological distress, particularly anxiety, which is also known to be associated with hazardous drinking (Kushner et al, 1999;Regier et al, 1998).…”

Alcohol Use in the Year Before Marriage: Alcohol Expectancies and Peer Drinking as Proximal Influences on Husband and Wife Alcohol Involvement

“…Although it is not as extensive, research generally has indicated a relationship between depression and alcohol involvement (Aneshensel and Huba, 1983;Hartka et al, 1991;Moscato et al, 1997;Schutte et al, 1995). Several longitudinal studies have suggested that negative affect is predictive of the onset and chronicity of alcohol problems among adult men and women (Richman et al, 1992;Wilsnack et al, 1991;Windle and Miller, 1990). The tension reduction or affect regulation hypothesis (Cappell and Greeley, 1987;Cooper et al, 1995), which asserts that alcohol is used to regulate or relieve negative emotions, provides a theoretical basis for this relationship.…”