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{"title":"An Integrative Model of Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Aggression Perpetration in Sexual and Gender Diverse Couples.","authors":"Dominic Parrott, Ruschelle M Leone, Amy Hequembourg, Ryan C Shorey, Christopher Eckhardt, Gregory L Stuart","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00008","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Sexual and gender diverse (SGD) individuals are at heightened risk for intimate partner aggression (IPA) perpetration relative to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Alcohol is a well-established cause of IPA perpetration in cisgender, heterosexual couples; however, minimal research has investigated the alcohol-IPA perpetration link in SGD couples. The relative lack of work in this area is a major barrier to addressing this health disparity. SGD individuals experience unique stressors related to their and/or their partner's intersecting minoritized identities that are critical to understanding alcohol-IPA etiology and informing culturally affirming intervention programming.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We advance prior work by members of the authorship team (see Parrott et al., 2023a; Shorey et al., 2019) to propose an integrative theoretical model that invokes (1) the I³ Model to organize risk and resilience factors at the individual and dyadic level, and (2) Alcohol Myopia Theory to explain the mechanism by which proximal alcohol use facilitates IPA as a function of individual differences in those factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This integrative model provides a framework to understand how the confluence of stigma, minority stressors, proximal alcohol use, and other factors contribute to IPA perpetration in SGD couples.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Application of this integrative model has potential to facilitate more rigorous research (e.g., intensive longitudinal designs, dyadic analysis) focused on putative risk and resilience factors across the social ecology. Further, the model provides guidance for intervention development by identifying how individual (e.g., minority stress), relationship (e.g., relationship functioning), and structural factors (e.g., SGD stigma) interactively contribute to alcohol-facilitated IPA perpetration.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Irresponsibility Stereotypes Exacerbate Effects of Sexual Violence on Cisgender Bisexual Women's Coping Drinking Motives.","authors":"Selime R Salim, Prachi H Bhuptani, Emily Tilstra-Ferell, Christine Hahn, Terri L Mesman","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Bisexual women experience disparities in alcohol use outcomes compared to both lesbian and heterosexual women. Bisexual women also experience higher rates of sexual violence (SV) and alcohol use following SV. We examined whether coping drinking motives mediate the link between adult SV severity and alcohol use and whether dimensions of binegativity (i.e., hostility, instability, irresponsibility) moderate the effects of SV.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample consisted of 355 young (ages 18-35) cisgender bisexual women drinkers (<i>M</i>age=25.8, 84.2% White) recruited via MTurk. Measures included: Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (Koss et al., 2007), Anti-Bisexual Experiences Scale (Brewster & Moradi, 2010), Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (Grant et al., 2007), and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption subscale (Babor et al., 2001). The PROCESS macro for SPSS was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was an interaction between SV severity and irresponsibility stereotypes in predicting coping motives. SV severity related to greater coping motives at mean and high, but not low, levels of irresponsibility stereotypes. Indirect effects of SV severity on alcohol use via coping motives were significant at mean and high, but not low, levels of irresponsibility stereotypes. Hostility and instability dimensions of binegativity did not interact with SV severity in predicting coping motives.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results identified SV severity and irresponsibility stereotypes as compounding experiences that may explain greater alcohol use. Bisexual women exposed to this dimension of binegativity may be particularly vulnerable to drink alcohol to cope with distress following SV. Interventions for alcohol use may be enhanced by helping bisexual women cope with SV-related distress and irresponsibility stereotypes.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-Term Effects of a Multi-Component Community-Level Intervention to Reduce Single Vehicle Nighttime Crashes: Follow up Findings from a 24-Community Randomized Trial.","authors":"Robert Saltz, Mallie J Paschall","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00103","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This follow up study examines whether a multi-component, high-visibility alcohol enforcement intervention implemented in 12 California cities had long-term effects on alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes beyond the time period of the original study. Previous results indicated a significant reduction in single vehicle nighttime (SVN) crashes among 15 to 30-year-olds in intervention cities relative to controls (Saltz et al., 2021).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A randomized trial was conducted with 24 randomly chosen California cities from 2012 to 2017 to evaluate a multi-component intervention to reduce excessive drinking and driving while impaired among adolescents and young adults. Twelve of the cities were randomly assigned to the intervention condition and implemented high-visibility alcohol enforcement operations and other components from April 2013 to March 2016. Multi-level negative binomial regression analyses were conducted with motor vehicle crash data from 2010 to 2021 to examine whether single vehicle nighttime (SVN) crashes among 15 to 30-year-olds decreased in intervention cities relative to controls after the multi-component intervention was implemented. Analyses controlled for community sociodemographic characteristics, the overall time trend, the COVID pandemic, and pre-intervention levels of SVN crashes and adjusted for correlation of repeated observations within cities over time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Regression analyses indicated a significantly lower level of monthly SVN crashes among 15-to-30-year-olds in intervention cities during post-intervention months through 2021 relative to control cities [Event Rate Ratio (95%CI) = 0.88 (0.79, 0.98), p<.05] when controlling for community sociodemographic characteristics, the overall time trend, COVID, and pre-intervention levels of SVN crashes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Study findings suggest that a multi-component, high-visibility alcohol enforcement intervention can have long-term effects on alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes and related injuries and fatalities among adolescent and young adult drivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between alcohol availability and drink-driving policies and admissions to substance use disorder treatment during pregnancy.","authors":"Pamela J Trangenstein, Nancy F Berglas, Meenakshi S Subbaraman, William C Kerr, Sarah Cm Roberts","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00414","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Pregnancy-specific alcohol policies are widely adopted yet have limited effectiveness and established risks. It is unknown whether general population alcohol policies are effective during pregnancy. This study investigated associations between general population policies and alcohol treatment admission rates for pregnant people specifically.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data are from the Treatment Episodes Data Set: Admissions and state-level policy data for 1992-2019 (n=1,331 state-years). The primary outcome was treatment admissions where alcohol was the primary substance, and the secondary outcome included admissions where alcohol was any substance. There were five policy predictors: 1) Government spirits monopoly, 2) Ban on Sunday sales, 3) Grocery store sales, 4) Gas station sales, and 5) Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) laws. Covariates included poverty, unemployment, per capita cigarette consumption, state and year fixed effects, and state-specific time trends.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In models with alcohol as the primary substance, prohibiting spirits sales in grocery stores (vs. allowing heavy beer and spirits) had lower treatment admission rates [<i>IRR</i>=0.88, 95% <i>CI</i>: 0.78-0.99, <i>p</i>=0.028]. States with BAC laws at 0.10% (vs. no law) had higher treatment admission rates [<i>IRR</i>=1.24, 95% <i>CI</i>: 1.08-1.43, <i>p</i>=0.003]. When alcohol was any substance, prohibiting spirits sales in grocery stores (vs. allowing heavy beer and spirits) was again associated with lower treatment admission rates [<i>IRR</i>=0.89, 95% <i>CI</i>: 0.80-0.98, <i>p</i>=0.021], but there was no association for BAC laws.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Restrictions on grocery store spirits sales and BAC laws were associated with lower and higher alcohol treatment admission rates among pregnant people, respectively, suggesting general population alcohol policies are relevant for pregnant people's treatment utilization.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Profile of chronic pain patients with opioid withdrawal syndrome according to psychological factors: a Latent Class Analysis.","authors":"Sara Rodríguez-Espinosa, Ainhoa Coloma-Carmona, Ana Pérez-Carbonell, José Francisco Román-Quiles, José Luis Carballo","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Withdrawal syndrome stands out as the strongest risk factor for Prescription Opioid-Use Disorder (POUD) and is related to psychological and pain impairment in chronic pain population. This study aimed to identify profiles of chronic pain patients with opioid withdrawal based on psychological factors, and to explore the association between the classes and demographic, clinical, and substance use variables.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This cross-sectional descriptive study involved 391 patients, 221 of them with interdose withdrawal (mean age=57.91±13.61 years; 68.3% female). Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and bivariate and logistic regression analyses were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two latent classes were identified (BIC=4020.72, entropy=0.70, LRTs <i>p</i><0.01): <i>Withdrawal syndrome with No Psychological Distress</i> (WNPD; 45.2%, <i>n</i>=100) and <i>Withdrawal syndrome with Psychological Distress</i> (WPD; 54.8%, <i>n</i>=121). The WPD class was more likely to experience craving, anxiety, and depression, and to report higher levels of pain intensity and interference (<i>p</i><0.01). Patients in this class were younger, visited a higher number of specialists, and showed higher rates of high-dose opioid use, misuse, moderate-severe POUD, and tobacco and anxiolytics use (<i>p</i><0.05). Only moderate-severe POUD (OR=2.64) and tobacco use (OR=2.28) increased the risk of WPD class membership.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although it is common for chronic pain patients to experience withdrawal symptoms during opioid treatment, more than a half of the participants reported concomitant psychological distress. Establishing differential profiles can help to improve withdrawal syndrome management during the treatment of chronic pain with opioids.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141748485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A National Survey Study of Cannabis Use During Menopause: Identifying Variables Associated with Recreational, Medical, and Hybrid Use.","authors":"M Kathryn Dahlgren, Deniz Kosereisoglu, Kelly A Sagar, Rosemary T Smith, Celine El-Abboud, Ashley M Lambros, Staci A Gruber","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Previous research has demonstrated different cannabis-related outcomes depending on the <i>goal</i> of cannabis use (i.e., recreational, medical, hybrid of both), underscoring the need to identify variables associated with specific goals of use, particularly in understudied populations.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This report utilized data from a national survey of menopausal individuals using non-probability sampling. Respondents reporting current regular (≥1x/month) cannabis use (medical <i>n</i>=35, recreational <i>n</i>=61, and hybrid <i>n</i>=102) were included in multivariate logistic regression analyses examining demographic, clinical (e.g., menopause-related symptomatology), and cannabis-related variables associated with goal of cannabis use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, increased number of medical conditions was associated with medical and hybrid use relative to recreational use (<i>ps</i>≤.047), and greater menopause-related symptomatology was associated with medical relative to hybrid use (<i>p</i>=.001). Lower education level was associated with hybrid relative to recreational use (<i>p</i>=.010). Lastly, increased number of modes of use was associated with hybrid use relative to medical and recreational use (<i>ps</i>≤.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest medical and hybrid consumers with more medical conditions and more severe clinical symptoms that are not sufficiently alleviated by conventional treatments may be more open to cannabinoid-based therapies. Additionally, as lower education level is often associated with recreational cannabis use, results suggest hybrid consumers may begin as recreational consumers who then expand their use for medical purposes. Further, more varied modes of use for hybrid consumers may reflect different product selection based on goal of use. Future research should investigate the etiology of hybrid cannabis use and predictors of long-term outcomes associated with goals of use.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141748484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a multiple behavior change intervention addressing alcohol use, sexual risk taking, and bystander intervention.","authors":"Lucy E Napper, Shannon R Kenney, Laura C Wolter, Nicole L Johnson, Lindsay M Orchowski, Prachi H Bhuptani, Nancy Barnett","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Prevention programs that address the intersecting health problems of risky alcohol use, unsafe sexual behaviors, and sexual violence are needed. This pilot project assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a two-session group-based intervention, Sex Positive Lifestyles: Addressing Alcohol & Sexual Health (SPLASH), targeting these highly interconnected risks for college students across genders.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 217 participants (51.6% male, ages 18-24) took part in the SPLASH intervention or a nutrition/exercise control condition. SPLASH included three approaches aimed at reducing the incidence of alcohol problems, unsafe sex, and sexual victimization: normative feedback to modify misperceptions around peers' drinking, sexual behaviors, and support of bystander intervention; drinking and sexual-related protective behavioral strategy training to enhance safer drinking and sex-risk behaviors; and bystander intervention skills training to promote bystander efficacy and engagement. Participants completed baseline and follow-up (1-month and 6-month) online assessments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SPLASH demonstrated high acceptability and feasibility, as well as preliminary efficacy. SPLASH participants reported strong acceptability of the intervention, particularly its integrated content and interactive, in-person group format. Successful enrollment (70% randomized) and retainment point to the feasibility of recruiting students to this two-session in-person intervention. Results showed sustained trends toward more accurate perceived sex-related norms and indications of increasing bystander norms among intervention but not control participants.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results demonstrate the potential for SPLASH to effectively address the interrelated health risks of risky alcohol use, unsafe sex, and sexual violence on college campuses and point to the need for larger-scale studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Messages About Tobacco and Alcohol Co-users.","authors":"L M Ranney, S D Kowitt, K L Jarman, R M Lane, A O Goldstein, Ross J Cornacchione, A Y Kong, M Cox","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00415","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>People who use both alcohol and combustible tobacco have an increased risk of developing cancer. Few interventions have been developed to inform people about the risks of co-use. This study developed and tested messages about the risks of alcohol and combustible tobacco co-use among adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In June-July 2021, we surveyed 1,300 U.S. adults who used both alcohol and combustible tobacco products within the past 30 days. After reporting their awareness of diseases caused by tobacco and alcohol co-use, participants were randomly assigned to four between-subjects experiments that manipulated specific cancer health effects vs. the word \"cancer\"; cancer health effects vs. noncancer health effects; different descriptions of co-use (e.g., <i>Using</i> alcohol and tobacco…, <i>Drinking</i> alcohol and <i>smoking</i> tobacco…); and co-use vs. single-use messages. Participants saw one message for each experiment and rated each message using a validated perceived message effectiveness (PME) scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Awareness of health effects caused by alcohol and tobacco co-use ranged from moderately high for throat cancer (65.4%) to moderately low for colorectal cancer (23.1%). Messages about cancer health effects increased PME more than messages about non-cancer health effects (B=0.18, p=0.01). Messages about some specific cancers-including oral cancer (B=-0.20, p=0.04) and colorectal cancer (B=-0.22, p=0.02) decreased PME more than messages with only the word \"cancer.\" No significant differences were identified for descriptions of co-use or co-use vs. single-use messages.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Messages about some cancer health effects of co-using alcohol and tobacco may be effective when communicating the harms of both drinking alcohol and using tobacco.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heavy episodic drinking among French adolescents between 2005 and 2022: decreasing prevalence rates and increased risks.","authors":"Eric Janssen, Stanislas Spilka, Antoine Philippon, Olivier Le Nézet, Guillaume Airagnes","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To study the prevalence of alcohol use among French adolescents over time and factors associated with heavy episodic drinking (HED) among drinkers.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Our analysis relies on six waves of a standardized cross, sectional survey conducted in mainland France between 2005 and 2022. The overall sample size comprises 179905 adolescents aged 17 (90166 males and 89739 females). Two outcomes were considered: declaring past month HED (at least one) and repeated HED (at least three) in the past month between 2005 and 2022. Relative risks and probabilities according to years of survey, gender and frequency of alcohol use (past 30 days) were estimated using modified Poisson regressions controlling for grade retention, schooling, living out of parental household, socioeconomic status, and other substance (tobacco, cannabis, other illicit substances) use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite a steady decline in alcohol use among French adolescents over the past two decades, the prevalence of HED still concerned one, third of 17-year-olds in 2022. The reduction in alcohol use conceals an increased likelihood of HED among occasional drinkers (<10 times a month). Moreover, the probability of HED among females is similar to that of males, or even higher depending on the frequency of use.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>HED is becoming an increasingly common behavior among adolescent drinkers. The decline in prevalence conceals a homogenization of behavior between genders. Our results also question underage access to alcohol, despite increasing legal restrictions. These results support general prevention in early adolescence aimed at all drinkers, and not only at the most frequent or \"at-risk\" drinkers.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining whether young adults differ in their endorsement and subjective evaluation of alcohol consequences by age, drinking frequency, and current undergraduate status.","authors":"Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, Annie N Hoang, Anne M Fairlie, Melissa A Lewis, Christine M Lee","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00372","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>There is considerable variability in how young adults (YAs) perceive drinking-related consequences, and some researcher-identified \"negative\" consequences are viewed by YAs as neutral or even somewhat positive. Little is known about individual difference factors that may influence subjective evaluations of alcohol consequences.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We tested whether endorsement and subjective evaluation ('extremely negative' to 'extremely positive') of 24 alcohol-related \"negative\" consequences differed by age (18-20, 21-27), past 3-month drinking frequency (3x/month or less, weekly or more), and current undergraduate status (4-year undergraduate, non-student). YAs were recruited for a longitudinal ecological momentary assessment study on cognitions and alcohol use. Participants in the analytic sample (N=640; 48.1% White non-Hispanic/Latinx, 50.0% female, mean age=22.2 years, SD=2.3) reported past 3-month drinking. Past 3-month drinking frequency, negative consequences (total and item-level), and subjective evaluations of consequences were assessed cross-sectionally.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to YAs 18-20, YAs 21+ experienced fewer total consequences, were significantly less likely to endorse experiencing physical/behavioral consequences, and rated these consequences more negatively if they were endorsed. YAs who drank weekly or more reported experiencing more consequences and were significantly more likely to experience all 24 consequences in comparison to YAs who drank 3x/month or less. Subjective evaluation ratings did not significantly differ by drinking frequency. There were few differences between 4-year undergraduate and non-undergraduates; non-undergraduates rated several health/responsibility-related consequences more negatively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings highlight the importance of identifying individual difference factors that contribute to subjective evaluation ratings, and may be useful for tailoring brief, personalized alcohol interventions for YAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141498266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}