Value-based decision-making predicts alcohol use and related problems in young men.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol consumption is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, disproportionately affecting young men. Heavy episodic drinking is particularly prevalent among men, with this behavior peaking between the ages of 20 and 24.

Aims

We sought to identify dimensions of decision-making in men that would predict the development of hazardous alcohol use through emerging adulthood.

Methods

This prospective observational study profiled value-based decision-making in 198 healthy men at age 18 and assessed their alcohol involvement annually until age 24. Latent growth curve modeling estimated individual variability in trajectories of alcohol involvement and regressed this variability on five choice dimensions.

Results

Low loss aversion predicted sust

SUBMITTER: Petzold J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714696 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature