Effects of social drinking context on subjective effects, affect, and next-day appraisals in the natural environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drinking commonly occurs in social settings and may bolster social reinforcement. Laboratory studies suggest that subjective effects and mood are mechanisms through which the social context influences alcohol consumption. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) may be useful for extending these findings to the natural environment. This pre-registered secondary analysis of EMA data investigated the influence of the social environment on: (1) stimulating and sedating subjective effects of alcohol, (2) contentedness and negative affect, and (3) next-day evaluations of the drinking occasion.

Methods

Nontreatment seeking adults reporting past-month heavy drinking (N = 131; M_age = 28.09; 42% female) completed 7 days of EMA (in the morning, at random, and follow

SUBMITTER: Acuff SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015969 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature