Testing weight motives and guilt/shame as mediators of the relationship between alcohol use and physical activity

Publication date: February 2018
Source:Addictive Behaviors, Volume 77
Author(s): Tonya Dodge, Paige Clarke
ObjectivesTest whether weight motives and guilt/shame mediate the positive relationship between physical activity and alcohol use among college-attending young adults.DesignA longitudinal design was employed.MethodYoung adults who were attending college (N=371) completed two self-administered questionnaires separated by approximately one month. Heavy episodic drinking was assessed at Time 1. Vigorous physical activity, moderate physical activity, weight motives, and guilt/shame were assessed at Time 2.ResultsResults are consistent with weight motives as a mediator of the positive relationship between heavy episodic drinking and vigorous physical activity. Results were inconsistent with guilt/shame as a mediator of this relationship. There was no statistically significant relationship between heavy episodic drinking and moderate physical activity.ConclusionsHeavy episodic drinking was related to vigorous but not to moderate physical activity in the subsequent 30-days. Furthermore, the results are consistent with weight motives as a mediator of the relationship between alcohol use and vigorous physical activity.



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