Do alcohol-related consequences and how they are evaluated predict consumption during and days until the next drinking event?

ABSTRACT: Objective: Alcohol-related consequences are most often examined as outcomes of alcohol use. However, it is also possible that experiencing consequences may predict future drinking behavior. The predictive power of consequences on future drinking behavior may involve both objective experiences of consequences and subjective evaluations of those consequences (i.e., how positive, how negative). The purpose of the present study was to understand how positive and negative alcohol-related consequences-and evaluations of those consequences-predict elements of the next drinking event among college students. Method: 96 participants reported alcohol use and related consequences over a 28-day daily assessment period. Results: Survival analysis and multilevel

SUBMITTER: Merrill JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382882 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature