Momentary subjective responses to alcohol as predictors of continuing to drink during daily-life drinking episodes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Subjective response to alcohol's stimulating and sedating effects is a person-level risk factor for heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder. Longitudinal and laboratory studies have demonstrated that at-risk individuals experience greater stimulation and lower sedation while drinking. While between-person subjective responses inform risk and etiology, in-the-moment assessments during daily-life drinking may elucidate the within-person processes by which stimulation and sedation may lead to heavier drinking. We aimed to characterize these momentary processes by testing momentary stimulation and sedation during drinking as predictors of subsequently continuing to drink during densely sampled, daily-life drinking episodes.

Procedures

113 adults (54 with borderline perso

SUBMITTER: Wycoff AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233448 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature