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Assesses how individual and spouse alcohol use impacts anxiety through relationship satisfaction, reflecting on different age groups.
= 5,110) year olds. For 18- to 50-year-olds, relationship satisfaction partially mediated the association between individual alcohol quantity and anxiety, with effects dependent on spouse quantity (greater anxiety at low spouse quantity; lower anxiety at high spouse quantity). For those aged 51+, relationship satisfaction fully mediated the association between spouse quantity and anxiety, and partially mediated associations involving individual quantity and frequency, with frequency effects moderated by spouse frequency (greater anxiety at low spouse frequency; lower anxiety at high spouse frequency). Spousal incongruence in alcohol consumption patterns and heavier drinking among older spouses were associated with poorer psychosocial outcomes. Better outcomes were observed where spouses showed congruent heavy and frequent drinking among younger and older couples, respectively. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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