Change in alcohol demand following a brief intervention predicts change in alcohol use: A latent growth curve analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between behavioral economic demand and various alcohol use outcomes is well established. However, few studies have examined whether changes in demand occur following a brief alcohol intervention (BAI), and whether this change predicts alcohol outcomes over the long term.

Methods

Parallel process piecewise latent growth curve models were examined in a sample of 393 heavy drinking emerging adults (60.8% women; 85.2% white; M_age  = 18.77). In these models, two linear slopes represented rates of change in alcohol use, heavy drinking episodes, alcohol-related problems, and demand (intensity and highest expenditure across all price points or O_max ) from baseline to 1 month (slope 1) and 1 month to 16 months (slope 2). Mediation anal

SUBMITTER: Gex KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9427684 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature