Does it work and does it last? Effects of social and drinking behavior on same- and next-day mood.

ABSTRACT: Both social and drinking behavior have the potential to modify mood. However, if social drinking enhances positive mood and reduces negative mood, as compared to non-drinking social behavior, then interventions to reinforce non-drinking via sober social activity are undermined. Using multilevel modeling analyses, we compared end-of-day mood on drinking days versus non-drinking days, and on days spent with other people as compared to days spent primarily alone. We evaluated the interaction between drinking/non-drinking and social/solitary behavior and assessed whether the effects of social and drinking behavior extended to mood the next day. Participants were 352 college students (53% female; 55% fraternity/sorority membership; mean age 19.7 years) who completed three automated telephone su

SUBMITTER: Cronce JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7332199 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature