doi:10.1016/j.alcohol.2024.07.008engAntuña-Camblor, CeliaEsteller-Collado, GabrielJuarros-Basterretxea, JoelMuñoz-Navarro, RogerRodríguez-Díaz, Francisco JavierCoping-strategies as a mediator between emotional disorders and problematic alcohol useART-2024-143040Epidemiological studies reveal a high prevalence of alcohol use and comorbidity rates with emotional disorders. This study aims to explore the possible mediational effect of stress-coping strategies on the relationship between symptoms of emotional disorders and problematic alcohol use. Methods. The sample included 1014 participants (33.82% male, 66.17% female) aged 18–75 years (M = 33.0, SD = 15.15). Three mediation analyzes were carried out, for depressive, anxious and somatization symptomatology measured with the LSB-50 in which they acted as an independent variable, the coping strategies of the CSQ as a mediating variable and the problematic alcohol use, measured with AUDIT, as a dependent variable. Additionally, sex, age, educational level, and socioeconomic status were entered as covariates. Results. In all the models, problematic alcohol use was mediated by Problem-Solving Focus and Open Emotional Expression. However, while in depressive symptoms was a fully mediation, in anxious and somatization symptomatology was partially mediated. Conclusions. The similarities found may be due to shared variance between emotional disorders. Interventions focused on Problem-Solving Focus could improve the emotional symptoms and the problematic alcohol use.2024http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/15123210.1016/j.alcohol.2024.07.008http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151232oai:zaguan.unizar.es:151232ALCOHOL 124 (2024), 47-53byhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess