Retrospective self-reports of sensitivity to the effects of alcohol: Trait-like stability and concomitant changes with alcohol involvement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Lower sensitivity to the acute effects of alcohol is known to confer risk for the development of alcohol use disorder. Alcohol sensitivity, or level of response to alcohol's subjective effects, is heritable but also can change as a result of persistent alcohol exposure (i.e., acquired tolerance). Here, we examined how changes over time in four indices of alcohol involvement affected scores on two validated, retrospective self-report measures of alcohol response-the Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol (SRE) form and the Alcohol Sensitivity Questionnaire (ASQ)-in a sample of emerging adult drinkers.

Method

Participants (N = 173; M_age = 19.5 years; 60% assigned female at birth) completed the ASQ, SRE, and measures of alcohol use and problems

SUBMITTER: Kohen CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11136885 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature