The Authors’ Own Words: The Role of Mindfulness Skills in terms of Anxiety-Related Cognitive Risk Factors among College Students with Problematic Alcohol Use

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The Role of Mindfulness Skills in terms of Anxiety-Related Cognitive Risk Factors among College Students with Problematic Alcohol Use

Kristen M. Kraemer, MA; Emily M. O’Bryan, BS; Adrienne L. Johnson, BS; & Alison C. McLeish, PhD

Substance Abuse Vol. 38, Iss. 3, 2017

“Results from the current study suggest that specific mindfulness skills are associated with greater tolerance of physiological, uncertain, and emotional states in problematic college alcohol users. These findings are important given the well-documented associations between anxiety-related risk factors and problematic alcohol use outcomes. These results lay the theoretical foundation for future studies to examine whether improvements in anxiety-related risk factors serve as the underlying mechanism for the association between mindfulness and improved alcohol use outcomes.”