Jack T. Waddell , Angelica DeFalco , Noah E. Emery
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Abstract
Rationale: Impaired control over alcohol use is a core aspect of Alcohol Use Disorder symptomatology. However, research regarding how impaired control manifests at the day-level, and what temporally proceeds it in daily life, remains underdeveloped. The current study tested whether three aspects of impaired control, namely restraint difficulties, drinking more than planned, and drinking longer than planned, had shared versus unique variability within- and between-individuals, and if pre-drinking positive and negative affect predicted such variability.
Methods
College students (N = 256) completed 14-days of ecological momentary assessment. Morning surveys assessed prior-day drinking, and random surveys assessed positive/negative affect, drinking behavior, and impaired control. Multilevel models tested the structure of day-level impaired control items within- and between-individuals and their pre-drinking affective antecedents.
Results
At the within-person level, day-level restraint difficulties, drinking more than planned, and drinking longer than planned loaded well onto a latent factor, whereas between-person drinking more than planned loaded onto a latent factor highly but restraint difficulties and drinking longer than planned did not. Pre-drinking affect did not predict latent factors at either level. However, when specifying items as correlated outcomes, deviations in pre-drinking positive and negative affect predicted drinking more than planned at the within-person level and person-aggregated pre-drinking negative affect predicted restraint difficulties at the between-person level. Findings did not differ as a function of hazardous drinking.
Conclusions
Findings demonstrate complexities of modeling impaired control items within- and between-individuals and suggest that pre-drinking affect was related to drinking more than planned and restraint difficulties, albeit in different ways.
期刊介绍:
Addictive Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality human research on addictive behaviors and disorders since 1975. The journal accepts submissions of full-length papers and short communications on substance-related addictions such as the abuse of alcohol, drugs and nicotine, and behavioral addictions involving gambling and technology. We primarily publish behavioral and psychosocial research but our articles span the fields of psychology, sociology, psychiatry, epidemiology, social policy, medicine, pharmacology and neuroscience. While theoretical orientations are diverse, the emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. However, innovative and empirically oriented case studies that might encourage new lines of inquiry are accepted as well. Studies that clearly contribute to current knowledge of etiology, prevention, social policy or treatment are given priority. Scholarly commentaries on topical issues, systematic reviews, and mini reviews are encouraged. We especially welcome multimedia papers that incorporate video or audio components to better display methodology or findings.
Studies can also be submitted to Addictive Behaviors? companion title, the open access journal Addictive Behaviors Reports, which has a particular interest in ''non-traditional'', innovative and empirically-oriented research such as negative/null data papers, replication studies, case reports on novel treatments, and cross-cultural research.