Diagnostic discrimination of social network indicators in alcohol use disorder: Initial examination using high-resolution and brief assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social network analysis (SNA) characterizes the structure and composition of a person's social relationships. Network features have been associated with alcohol consumption in observational studies, primarily of university undergraduates. No studies have investigated whether indicators from a person's social network can accurately identify the presence of alcohol use disorder (AUD), offering an indirect strategy for identifying AUD.

Method

Two cross-sectional case-control designs examined the clinical utility of social network indicators for identifying individuals with AUD (cases) versus demographically matched drinkers without AUD (controls). Study 1 (N = 174) used high-resolution egocentric SNA assessment, whereas Study 2 (N = 189) used a brief ass

SUBMITTER: Levitt EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature