Childhood neglect is associated with low affect and high stress in habitual alcohol drinkers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adverse childhood experiences, ranging from childhood trauma to neglect or mistreatment, show associations with alcohol dependence in adulthood. Alcohol researchers have not yet clearly demonstrated the potential impact of childhood maltreatment on everyday drinking in alcohol consumers who do not have an alcohol use disorder (AUD). This study examined whether a history of childhood neglect results in differential ratings of stress, affect, and desire to drink, during typical alcohol consumption in moderate to heavy drinkers without an AUD.

Methods

The parent study from which these analyses were generated recruited overall healthy, albeit moderate to heavy alcohol users who fell above National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) classifications for lo

SUBMITTER: Peterson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979972 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature