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A Person-Centered Approach To Understanding Negative Reinforcement Drinking Among First Year College Students [Post-Print], Laura Holt, Stephen Armeli, Howard Tennen, Carol S. Austad, Sarah Raskin, Carolyn Fallahi, Rebecca Wood, Rivkah I. Rosen, Meredith Ginley, Godfrey D. Pearlson
A Person-Centered Approach To Understanding Negative Reinforcement Drinking Among First Year College Students [Post-Print], Laura Holt, Stephen Armeli, Howard Tennen, Carol S. Austad, Sarah Raskin, Carolyn Fallahi, Rebecca Wood, Rivkah I. Rosen, Meredith Ginley, Godfrey D. Pearlson
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The current study used a person-centered approach (i.e. latent profile analysis) to identify distinct types of college student drinkers based on the predictions of motivational, social learning, and stress and coping theories of maladaptive drinking. A large sample (N = 844; 53% female) of first-year undergraduates from two institutions, public and private, who reported consuming one or more drinks in the last three months completed measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms, positive alcohol-outcome expectancies, negative life events, social support, drinking motives, drinking level and drinking-related problems. Latent profile analysis revealed a small subgroup of individuals (n = 81, …