Does the Experience of Financial Scarcity Lead to an Increase  in Alcohol Usage, and Is this Relationship Mediated by the  Person’s Mental Health in Terms of Levels of Depression or  Anxiety?

In this research paper, it was investigated whether there is a positive relationship between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption, and whether this relationship could be explained by mental health, as was proposed by the affect regulation model. This would suggest that alcohol consumption could have been consulted as a coping strategy to reduce negative affect. To test this idea, a mediation analysis was conducted, which suggested that the positive relationship between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption could be explained by the consideration of mental health problems. The results for the mediation analysis have shown that there is a significant positive association between financial scarcity and mental health. However, the relationship between mental health and alcohol consumption was not significant, which resulted in the mediation effects being nonsignificant. The relationship between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption was significant in the situation where...Show moreIn this research paper, it was investigated whether there is a positive relationship between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption, and whether this relationship could be explained by mental health, as was proposed by the affect regulation model. This would suggest that alcohol consumption could have been consulted as a coping strategy to reduce negative affect. To test this idea, a mediation analysis was conducted, which suggested that the positive relationship between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption could be explained by the consideration of mental health problems. The results for the mediation analysis have shown that there is a significant positive association between financial scarcity and mental health. However, the relationship between mental health and alcohol consumption was not significant, which resulted in the mediation effects being nonsignificant. The relationship between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption was significant in the situation where mental health was not considered as in the situation where mental health was considered. However, in both cases, the relationship between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption appeared to be negative, which suggested that higher levels of financial scarcity were associated with lower amounts in alcohol consumption. To explain this negative association between financial scarcity and alcohol consumption and the absence of the mediation effects of mental health, further research on possible hidden variables has to be conducted.Show less

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Does the Experience of Financial Scarcity Lead to an Increase in Alcohol Usage, and Is this Relationship Mediated by the Person’s Mental Health in Terms of Levels of Depression or Anxiety?