Perceived friendship and binge drinking in young adults: A study of the Human Connectome Project data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer influences figure prominently in young adult binge drinking. Women have trended to show a level of alcohol use on par with men during the last decades. It would be of interest to investigate the neural processes of social cognition that may underlie binge drinking and the potential sex differences.

Methods

Here, we examined the data of the Human Connectome Project where we identified a total of 175 binge drinkers (125 men) and 285 non-binge drinkers (97 men) performing a social cognition task during brain imaging. We analyzed the imaging data with published routines and evaluated the results at a corrected threshold.

Results

Both male and female binge relative to non-binge drinkers showed higher perceived friendship. Binge relative to non-binge drinker

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8641247 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature