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Although research consistently confirms links between avoidant coping
and alcohol consumption and its consequences, such studies have relied
on reports of typical coping, without addressing the consistency and
variability therein. The present study used multiple regression analys
es to predict alcohol-related consequences and consumption from backgr
ound characteristics and coping with stress in two life domains (work/
school). Avoidance coping was associated with consequences across the
life domains but not with consumption. Relying on avoidant coping to h
andle stressors at work or school, in conjunction with being single an
d reporting a greater family history of alcohol problems accounted for
18.3% of the variance in alcohol consequences. Avoidant coping and ac
ceptance of responsibility for personal stressors, along with being re
latively younger and reporting a relatively greater family history of
alcohol problems accounted for 17.7% of the variance in alcohol conseq
uences. Evidence of both cross-situational consistency and specificity
in coping associated with problematic alcohol use was found.