To explore the possibility of other theoretical relationships between the variabies of Interest, we tesed several altemative models These included the possthility that actual drinking mediated the relationship between coping strategies and alcohol expectancies. And that expectancies mediate the relationship between drinking and drinking motives, In all these analyses only one mediation pathway was observed, specifically, AUDIT scores were observed to mediate the relationship between avoidant coping streteges and expectations of tension reduction (z=4.76, p