IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ajp/jocrss/v3y2021i4p69-77id148.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Attachment, Rejection Sensitivity, Support, Psychological Capital and Alcohol Dependency in Students

Author

Listed:
  • Tony Cassidy
  • Melanie Giles
  • Alexis Carey

Abstract

Alcohol dependence evolves from problematic social relations hinged on attachment difficulties and fear of social rejection. This study sought to test an attachment-rejection-relationship model of the development of alcohol dependency. Emerging adults (N=762) of which 69.8%, were female, ranging in age from 18-63 years, took part in an online survey measuring adult attachment, rejection sensitivity, loneliness, social support, psychological capital, and alcohol consumption. Analysis supports the model and shows that individuals with insecure and anxious attachment, fear of social rejection, who experience loneliness and lack of social support, and whose psychological resources are less effective, are more likely to be at risk for alcohol dependency. The role of attachment, rejection and social relations in alcohol consumption point to social problem-solving interventions. Given the childhood origins of attachment problems and fear of social rejection there is a strong case for prevention using social problem-solving.

Suggested Citation

  • Tony Cassidy & Melanie Giles & Alexis Carey, 2021. "Attachment, Rejection Sensitivity, Support, Psychological Capital and Alcohol Dependency in Students," Journal of Contemporary Research in Social Sciences, Learning Gate, vol. 3(4), pages 69-77.
    • Handle: RePEc:ajp:jocrss:v:3:y:2021:i:4:p:69-77:id:148
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://learning-gate.com/index.php/2641-0249/article/view/148/75
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ajp:jocrss:v:3:y:2021:i:4:p:69-77:id:148. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Michael Laurence (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://learning-gate.com/index.php/2641-0249/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.