Risk of alcohol use disorder among South African university students: The role of drinking motives

Relationship between childhood abuse and substance misuse problems is mediated by substance use coping motives, in school attending South African adolescents

“…The study is the first to confirm this mediational pathway in school attending adolescents (it has previously only observed in adults), and in South African adolescents, suggesting the mediational path is found cross culturally. Such cross-cultural generalisation may have been doubted given that previous studies with South African university students found that coping motives were endorsed less than enhancement motives (Maphisa and Young, 2018; Peltzer, 2003; Gire, 2002) suggesting that coping motives might be less pronounced in South Africa (but see Kuntsche et al, 2014). The current study suggests that because of their mediating role, drug use coping motives should be targeted by drug prevention programs designed for abused/traumatised South African Adolescents specifically, but also for other vulnerable groups where coping motives play the same mediating role (Anker et al, 2016; Bradizza et al, 2017; Conrod et al, 2013; Stasiewicz et al, 2013; Wurdak et al, 2016).…”

Psychopathological Symptoms and Gaming Motives in Disordered Gaming—A Psychometric Comparison between the WHO and APA Diagnostic Frameworks

“…Although several studies have focused on investigating the psychological motives underpinning healthy and excessive gaming for example, References [16,17,18], little research on specific gaming motives has been conducted to explore the potential role of gaming motives in predicting and mediating disordered gaming and key psychopathological outcomes. This is particularly concerning given that previous research has found that specific psychological motivational factors have an important role in the development and treatment of addictive disorders with and without the use of psychoactive substances [19,20,21,22,23].…”

“…In a similar vein, immersion-oriented gamers display great interest in intellectual activities, with reduced interest in social activities and vacationing. These findings are important because they can inform decisions from practitioners when making targeted recommendations of replacement behaviors for disordered gamers based on their own unique motivational profile, which is key for effective diagnosis and treatment of GD [19,20,21,22,23].…”

‘A Healthy CIT’: An Investigation into Student Health Metrics, Lifestyle Behaviours and the Predictors of Positive Mental Health in an Irish Higher Education Setting

“…Hazardous drinking habits have been widely documented among HEI students in Ireland [28], the United Kingdom [29,30], Belgium [31], Australia [32], New Zealand [33,34], North America [35] and South Africa [36]. In addition, although the exact prevalence of drug use among young people is difficult to establish due to a scarcity of objective studies [37], illicit substance misuse has been reported among cohorts of higher education students, both in terms of prescription medications [38] as well as recreational substances [24,37].…”