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Day-to-day variations in high-intensity drinking, expectancies, and positive and negative alcohol-related consequences.
- Source :
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Addictive Behaviors . Jul2016, Vol. 58, p110-116. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- High-intensity drinking (i.e., women/men consuming 8+/10+ drinks in a day) is prevalent and associated with negative consequences. Occasions of high-intensity drinking have markedly high risk; however, previous research has not examined the predictors of these high-risk drinking days. The current study was designed to examine to what extent positive and negative alcohol expectancies predict high-intensity drinking and whether high-intensity drinking on a given day was associated with drinking consequences and their evaluations that day. Frequently drinking college students (N=342) participated in an intensive longitudinal study of drinking behaviors (N=4645 drinking days). Days with greater positive and negative expectancies were associated with high-intensity drinking. Days with high-intensity drinking were associated with reporting more positive and negative consequences and with evaluating positive consequences more favorably and evaluating negative consequences less favorably, compared to drinking days without high-intensity drinking. Given this, prevention and intervention efforts may consider specifically targeting high-intensity drinking events as a unique phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03064603
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Addictive Behaviors
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 113907886
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.02.025