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Emotion regulation and substance use: A meta-analysis

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Weiss, Nicole H., Kiefer, Reina, Goncharenko, Svetlana, Raudales, Alexa M., Forkus, Shannon R., Schick, Melissa R., Contractor, Ateka A.·2022·Drug and Alcohol Dependence
DOI 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109131PMC PMC8714680
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There has been exponential growth in research on emotion regulation and substance use in the past decade. The current meta-analysis evaluated variability in the magnitude of the relation between aspects of emotion regulation and substance use. A search of PsycINFO, Embase, PubMed, CINAHL Plus, and PILOTS in December 2020 resulted in 6642 initial studies, of which 95 met inclusion criteria (association between emotion regulation and substance use was reported, participants were > 18 years old, article was in English). A total of 445 effects were obtained (N = 156,025 participants; weighted M age = 29.31; 59.5% female; 66.1% White; 76.6% non-clinical). Emotion regulation and substance use were significantly related (r = 0.19; p < 0.001; 95%CI [0.17, 0.20]). Emotion regulation abilities were generally more strongly related to substance use than emotion regulation strategies; this pattern was stronger for behavioral vs. cognitive abilities and extended to both negative and positive emotions. Relations were stronger for older and clinical samples; mixed effects were found for sex and no conclusive effects were found for race. Despite limitations of the existing literature (e.g., cross-sectional, self-reports), results indicated that the magnitude of the relation between emotion regulation and substance use varied considerably as a function of emotion regulation and substance use constructs and sample characteristics.

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  1. Weiss, 2019, Confirmatory validation of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Positive, Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75, 1267, 10.1002/jclp.22768 · DOI · Paper page
  2. Weiss, 2020, Racial/ethnic differences in alcohol and drug misuse among IPV-victimized women: Exploring the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  3. Weiss, N.H., Goncharenko, S., Raudales, A.M., Forkus, S.R., & Contractor, A.A., in press, PTSD symptoms are assoicated with alcohol misuse through alcohol use to down-regulate positive emotions. Addictive Behaviors.

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Authors
Weiss, N. H., Kiefer, R., Goncharenko, S., Raudales, A. M., Forkus, S. R., Schick, M. R., & Contractor, A. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Rhode Island (US)
  • University of North Texas (US)
Corresponding author
Weiss, Nicole H.
ORCID
Venue
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-01
Volume
230
Pages
109131
ISSN
0376-8716 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109131
PMC
PMC8714680
OpenAlex
W3209551362
Cited by
235
References
192
Citations by year
2026: 52 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 65 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 21
FWCI
4.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (F31DA051167, K23DA039327)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P20GM125507)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
emotion regulation, substance use, emotion regulation strategies, emotion regulation ability, negative emotions, positive emotions, age differences, sex differences, racial differences
MeSH terms
Emotional Regulation, Adolescent, Adult, Cognition, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Substance-Related Disorders

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