ABSTRACT

Alcohol misuse is a serious and pervasive problem among US military Veterans. The commission or omission of acts that transgress important moral standards, known as potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs), has been theoretically and empirically linked to alcohol misuse in this population. Emotion dysregulation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of alcohol misuse and may be relevant in the context of PMIEs. The goal of this study was to examine the roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation in the relation between PMIEs and alcohol misuse. Participants were a community sample of US military Veterans who were predominantly white (69.5%) and male (71.6%), with a mean age of 38.00. The interaction between PMIEs and both negative and positive emotion dysregulation (separately) significantly predicted alcohol misuse. Simple slopes tests revealed that the relation between PMIEs and alcohol misuse was only significant at high levels of negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Findings underscore the potential utility of targeting both negative and positive emotion dysregulation in alcohol misuse interventions for military Veterans experiencing PMIEs.

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滥用酒精是美国退伍军人中一个严重而普遍的问题。违反重要道德标准的行为（称为潜在道德伤害事件（PMIE））的实施或不作为，在理论上和经验上都与该人群的酒精滥用有关。情绪失调与酒精滥用的发病机制有关，并且可能与 PMIE 相关。本研究的目的是探讨消极和积极情绪失调在 PMIE 和酒精滥用之间的关系中的作用。参与者是美国退伍军人社区样本，主要是白人 (69.5%) 和男性 (71.6%)，平均年龄为 38 岁。 PMIE 与消极和积极情绪失调（分别）之间的相互作用显着预测了酒精滥用。简单的斜率测试表明，PMIE 与酒精滥用之间的关系仅在高水平的消极和积极情绪失调时才显着。研究结果强调了针对经历 PMIE 的退伍军人的酒精滥用干预措施中的消极和积极情绪失调的潜在效用。