Integrating Social-Contextual and Intrapersonal Mechanisms of Maturing Out: Joint Influences of Familial-Role Transitions and Personality Maturation on Problem-Drinking Reductions

摘要

Background“Maturing out” of problem drinking is associated with both role transitions (e.g., getting married) and personality development. However, little is known concerning how these two mechanisms jointly influence problem-drinking desistance. This study investigated whether salutary effects of role transitions and personality occur at different points in young-adult development and whether they mediate one another’s effects.