Alcohol demand as a predictor of drinking behavior in the natural environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Alcohol demand, a measure of alcohol's reinforcing value, is associated with greater alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. Although alcohol demand has primarily been evaluated as a 'trait-like', individual difference measure, recent evidence indicates that demand exhibits meaningful short-term fluctuations. We aimed to determine whether moment-to-moment fluctuations in alcohol demand in individuals' natural drinking environments predicted drinking occurrence, drinking continuation, and drinking quantity.

Design

Observational study.

Setting

Individuals' natural drinking environments in Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Participants

Eighty-nine young adults (56% female; mean age = 24.8) participated from November 2018 to October 2020. Parti

SUBMITTER: Motschman CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10061588 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature