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- - The study investigated how exercise intensity affects the reasons trauma-exposed adults use alcohol to cope, focusing on 114 participants with recent alcohol use.
- - Findings showed that higher levels of vigorous exercise (MET score of 6 or more) were linked to lower coping motives for alcohol use, even when accounting for other factors like anxiety and PTSD symptoms.
- - The results suggest that engaging in intense aerobic exercise may help reduce the tendency to rely on alcohol as a coping mechanism among individuals who have experienced trauma.
Article Abstract
The present investigation examined the relation between exercise intensity and alcohol use coping motives among trauma-exposed adults. Participants were 114 adults (58 women; M(age)=22.31 years, SD=8.89) who reported exposure to at least one traumatic event (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and alcohol use in the past 30 days. Partially consistent with expectation, engagement in vigorous-intensity activities (≥6 resting metabolic rate [MET] score) demonstrated a significant, incremental (negative) association with alcohol use coping motives. This incremental association was observed after accounting for current alcohol consumption, non-criterion alcohol use motives, anxiety sensitivity, posttraumatic stress symptom severity, as well as engagement in light- and moderate-intensity activities (<6 resting MET score). Results are discussed in terms of better understanding the association between vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise and coping-oriented alcohol use among trauma-exposed individuals.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3031109 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.11.008 | DOI Listing |
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