Evidence suggests that drinking cope (DTC) motivation becomes a greater risk factor for drinking-related problems as individuals progress through young adulthood. To test this, we examined how the effect of DTC motivation on a variety of drinking-related problems, controlling for drinking level, changed as individuals made the transition from college life to post-college life. We also included social, enhancement and conformity motives in our models to examine how their unique effects on drinking-related problems change across this developmental period. College students (N = 939) reported their drinking motives, drinking level, and drinking-related problems during college and again approximately five years later (post-college). Results showed that DTC motivation became a stronger positive predictor for drinking-related interpersonal problems, but none of the other problem types. Conformity motivation became a stronger positive predictor for five out of the six problem types examined and some evidence indicated that social motives become more protective post-college, showing unique negative associations with certain problems. Our findings highlight the need to better understand how the effects of drinking motives on distinct types of drinking-related problems might change as individuals advance through early adulthood.

有证据表明，随着个体在成年早期的发展，饮酒应对（DTC）动机成为饮酒相关问题的更大风险因素。为了测试这一点，我们研究了在控制饮酒水平的情况下，随着个人从大学生活过渡到大学后生活，DTC 动机对各种饮酒相关问题的影响如何变化。我们还在我们的模型中纳入了社会、增强和从众动机，以研究它们对饮酒相关问题的独特影响如何在这个发展时期发生变化。大学生（ N = 939）报告了他们在大学期间和大约五年后（大学毕业后）的饮酒动机、饮酒水平和饮酒相关问题。结果表明，DTC 动机成为饮酒相关人际关系问题的更强的积极预测因素，但其他问题类型则没有。对于所检查的六种问题类型中的五种来说，从众动机成为更强的积极预测因素，一些证据表明，社会动机在大学毕业后变得更具保护性，与某些问题表现出独特的负面关联。我们的研究结果强调，需要更好地了解饮酒动机对不同类型的饮酒相关问题的影响如何随着个体在成年早期的发展而变化。