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{"title":"Modeling momentary reciprocal associations between negative affect and craving for alcohol and cannabis using dynamic structural equation modeling.","authors":"Jack T Waddell, Ryan W Carpenter, Madelyn R Frumkin, Ian A McNamara, Jarrod M Ellingson","doi":"10.1037/adb0000994","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Negative reinforcement models suggest that negative affect should predict event-level substance use, however, supporting daily-life evidence is lacking. One reason may be an emphasis in ecological momentary assessment (EMA) research on use behavior, which is subject to contextual and societal constraints that other substance outcomes, such as craving, may not be subject to. Therefore, the present study tested momentary, within-person reciprocal relations among negative affect and craving for alcohol and cannabis in daily life.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Adults (<i>N</i> = 48) completed 60 days of EMA, consisting of four daily reports spanning 7 a.m.-11 p.m. assessing current negative affect and alcohol/cannabis craving. Preregistered analyses used dynamic structural equation modeling to test whether (a) within-person increases in negative affect co-occurred with within-person increases in alcohol and cannabis craving, and (b) within-person increases in negative affect predicted later within-person increases in craving (and vice versa), and (c) relations differed by substance use frequency.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Within-person increases in negative affect were contemporaneously associated with within-person increases in alcohol and cannabis craving. However, increases in negative affect did not prospectively predict increases in craving, and within-person increases in craving did not prospectively predict within-person increases in negative affect. Within-person relations were not moderated by substance use frequency.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Negative affect and craving were associated in community adults. However, results advance a growing body of EMA work suggesting that the association of daily-life negative affect and substance use is, at best, not straightforward. Careful attention is needed to better translate existing negative reinforcement theory to the realities of daily life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"591-600"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11286361/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food and alcohol disturbance, alcohol use, and negative consequences among college students engaging in binge drinking: A longitudinal examination of between- and within-person effects.","authors":"Luke Herchenroeder, Ellen W Yeung","doi":"10.1037/adb0000977","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000977","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Researchers have documented robust associations between food and alcohol disturbance (FAD-intoxication; restricting caloric intake before or during alcohol consumption to experience a quicker and/or more intense alcohol intoxication) and alcohol use and related negative consequences. However, most of this research has utilized cross-sectional designs. Consequently, two crucial gaps have not yet been filled: (a) the separation of the relatively stable, between-person and the fluctuating, within-person components in the relations between FAD-intoxication and alcohol-related constructs; and (b) the examination of the directionality of these within-person relations.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were college students (<i>n</i> = 686) who reported past-month binge drinking. Most participants identified as White (71.3%), female (78.4%), non-Hispanic (87.8%), with a mean age of 20.64 (<i>SD</i> = 3.25). Participants completed three online surveys assessing FAD-intoxication (College Eating and Drinking Behaviors Scale), alcohol use (Daily Drinking Questionnaire), and related negative consequences (Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analyses revealed that FAD-intoxication was positively associated with alcohol use and related negative consequences at the between-person level. Additionally, at the within-person level, FAD-intoxication at Time 2 significantly predicted alcohol use at Time 3. Notably, the cross-lagged effect from FAD-intoxication at Time 1 to alcohol use at Time 2 was not significant. FAD-intoxication did not significantly predict negative consequences. Neither use nor consequences significantly predicted FAD-intoxication.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results suggest that FAD-intoxication is relevant to the study of alcohol use and related negative consequences and should be considered in interventions targeting alcohol use and related negative consequences among students who endorse binge drinking. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"552-562"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The ecological validity of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 and momentary food addiction symptoms.","authors":"Aimee Varnado, Alexandro Smith, Tyler B Mason, Kathryn E Smith","doi":"10.1037/adb0001014","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study assessed the ecological validity of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS 2.0) with ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and explored the internal consistency and convergent validity of a momentary food addiction scale.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Adults (<i>N</i> = 49) who met criteria for binge-eating disorder and/or food addiction (age = 34.9 ± 12.1 years; 77.1% cisgender female; 55.1% non-Hispanic White) completed online questionnaires and a 10-day EMA protocol. Analyses examined (a) associations between the YFAS 2.0 and EMA-measured variables corresponding to food addiction criteria, (b) reliability of a momentary food addiction scale (EMA-FA), and (c) concurrent associations between EMA-FA and EMA-measured negative affect, impulsivity, eating expectancies, body satisfaction, consumption of palatable food, and taste response to palatable food.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>YFAS scores were associated with EMA-reported variables corresponding to food addiction criteria (<i>p</i>s < .045). The multilevel reliability for EMA-FA was adequate (ω = .75-.94). Individuals with higher EMA-FA scores reported greater negative affect, impulsivity, appetite, palatable food consumption, taste response to palatable food, and contrary to expectations, greater body satisfaction (<i>p</i>s < .01). Within-person effects emerged for EMA-FA predicting higher negative affect, impulsivity, likelihood of palatable food consumption, more pleasurable taste responses after consuming palatable foods, yet lower body satisfaction, appetite, and eating expectancies (<i>p</i>s < .01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results support the ecological validity of the YFAS 2.0, and additional evidence of convergent validity and internal consistency was demonstrated for a momentary food addiction scale. This assessment of the psychometric properties of the YFAS will ultimately further its utility and relevance in the study and diagnosis of food addiction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"628-636"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141311965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Planned and unplanned drinking to get drunk: A registered report examining willingness, drinking motives, and protective behavioral strategies using ecological momentary assessment.","authors":"Andrea L Howard, Megan Lamb, Sean M Alexander, Abigail H M Bradley, Kendra D Carnrite, Marina Milyavskaya, Erin T Barker, Megan E Patrick","doi":"10.1037/adb0000909","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We examined alcohol use and consequences across five categories of same-day drinking intentions and willingness and tested whether same-day motives and protective strategies predicted differences in outcomes across categories of intentions and willingness.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In a 14-week ecological momentary assessment design, undergraduate student participants (N = 196) reported drinking intentions and behaviors over 13 surveys weekly (four morning surveys [Thursday through Sunday]; three midday, early, and late evening surveys [Thursday through Saturday]). On average, participants were 20.61 years old (SD = 1.50; range 17-25), 63% identified as female (n = 124), 29% as male (n = 57), and 8% identified as neither male nor female (n = 15; i.e., nonbinary; transgender; genderqueer; agender). Participants reported numbers of drinks consumed on the evening (past 2 hr) and morning (previous day) surveys. Multilevel generalized linear models tested effects of drinking intentions/willingness categories, motives, protective strategies, and interactions between key variables on alcohol use and consequences in several models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Rates and quantities of drinking were highest on planned drinking days, and especially high when students planned to get drunk. When enhancement and social motives were elevated, students were more likely to drink and consumed more drinks even on unplanned drinking days, and especially when socializing with others. Effects of coping motives were weaker and sparse. Harm reduction protective strategies were associated with more positive and negative consequences with little variation across planned and unplanned drinking days.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Jointly considering drinking intentions and willingness narrows the intention-behavior gap in student drinking and suggests potential areas of focus for messaging around responsible drinking. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":"38 5","pages":"519-539"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141789527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The development and initial validation of the Trauma-Related Alcohol Use Coping Measure (TRAC).","authors":"Antoine Lebeaut, Maya Zegel, Lynne Steinberg, Michael J Zvolensky, Anka A Vujanovic","doi":"10.1037/adb0000974","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000974","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and alcohol use commonly co-occur and present a prevalent clinical comorbidity. The self-medication/coping model has been applied most consistently to understand the PTSD-alcohol use association. However, there is a relative paucity of self-report measures designed to assess motivations for alcohol use, specifically for coping with PTSD symptoms. The goals of the present study were to develop and validate a measure that assesses the use of alcohol to cope with specific facets of PTSD symptomatology across two independent samples.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two samples were evaluated: a university-based sample (<i>N</i> = 617; 77.0% women; <i>M</i>_age = 22.3; <i>SD</i> = 5.20) composed of racially diverse trauma-exposed students and a nationally representative sample (<i>N</i> = 510; 52.5% women; <i>M</i>_age = 39.5; <i>SD</i> = 10.9) of trauma-exposed adults who endorsed PTSD symptoms and past-year hazardous drinking. Both samples completed identical online questionnaire batteries. A Trauma-Related Alcohol Use Coping (TRAC) measure was developed and validated across both samples.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Confirmatory factor analysis was used to support the latent, hierarchical structure of the TRAC measure (total score; coping with intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and arousal/reactivity symptoms) and supported an 18-item version of the TRAC measure (university-based sample [<i>N</i> = 617]: RMSEA = 0.047, 90% CI [.04, .05]; SRMR = 0.043; CFI = 0.95; TLI = 0.95; nationally representative sample [<i>N</i> = 510]: RMSEA = 0.045, 90% CI [.04, .05]; SRMR = 0.021; CFI = 0.98; TLI = 0.97). The TRAC measure demonstrated excellent internal consistency, convergent, and discriminant validity with well-established measures of mental health, known-groups validity, and incremental validity relative to non-PTSD coping-motivated drinking.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overall, the TRAC measure can be used to assess the extent to which alcohol use is related to coping with PTSD symptoms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"616-627"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11128532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138446660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring risky loot box use: An item response theory analysis of the Risky Loot Box Index among adolescents.","authors":"Caterina Primi, Francesco Sanson, Maria Anna Donati","doi":"10.1037/adb0001009","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Loot boxes (LBs) are virtual items embedded within video games that contain randomly generated in-game prizes. LB use can become risky, so it is important to have good measurement instruments, especially among adolescents, who are particularly involved in video gaming and LB purchasing. The present study analyses the adequacy of the <i>Risky Loot Box Index</i> (RLI; Brooks & Clark, 2019) by applying item response theory (IRT).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 2,443 (59% males, mean age = 16.48, <i>SD</i> = 1.22) Italian high school students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 2PL logistic model was applied. Item properties (i.e., severity and discrimination) were consistent with the aim of efficiently measuring risky LB use. The test information function indicated that the instrument was adequately informative. The RLI appeared to be invariant across gender, with male adolescents more at-risk than female adolescents. LB engagement was also found to explain latent trait of risky LB use over and beyond video gaming and gambling frequency and severity when controlling for gender.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The RLI is an efficient screening tool that can specifically measure risky LB use among youth. It can profitably be used for research and intervention purposes. The promising usefulness of the IRT score for clinical purposes is also discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"637-648"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140337305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Profiles of alcohol intoxication and their associated risks in young adults' natural settings: A multilevel latent profile analysis applied to daily transdermal alcohol concentration data.","authors":"Michael A Russell, Veronica L Richards, Robert J Turrisi, Cara L Exten, Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan, Gabriel C Rodríguez","doi":"10.1037/adb0001022","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) sensors capture aspects of drinking events that self-reports cannot. The multidimensional nature of TAC data allows novel classification of drinking days and identification of associated behavioral and contextual risks. We used multilevel latent profile analysis (MLPA) to create day-level profiles of TAC features and test their associations with (a) daily behaviors and contexts and (b) risk for alcohol use disorders at baseline.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two hundred twenty-two regularly heavy-drinking young adults (<i>M</i>_age = 22.3) completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) at baseline and then responded to mobile phone surveys and wore TAC sensors for six consecutive days. MLPA identified day-level profiles using four TAC features (peak, rise rate, fall rate, and duration). TAC profiles were tested as correlates of daily drinking behaviors, contexts, and baseline AUDIT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four profiles emerged: (a) high-fast (8.5% of days), (b) moderate-fast (12.8%), (c) low-slow (20.4%), and (d) little-to-no drinking days (58.2%). Profiles differed in the odds of risky drinking behaviors and contexts. The highest risk occurred on high-fast days, followed by moderate-fast, low-slow, and little-to-no drinking days. Higher baseline AUDIT predicted higher odds of high-fast and moderate-fast days.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Days with high and fast intoxication are reflective of high-risk drinking behaviors and were most frequent among those at risk for alcohol use disorders. TAC research using MLPA may offer novel and important insights to intervention efforts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141861324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disaggregating within- and between-person associations to test the aversive transmission of alcohol use in late adolescence through adulthood.","authors":"A R Georgeson, Jack T Waddell, Lauren Paxton, Laurie Chassin","doi":"10.1037/adb0001013","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The theory of aversive transmission posits that children of parents who have an alcohol use disorder (AUD) may abstain or limit their own alcohol use because they believe themselves to be at risk of developing problems with alcohol. The present study examined relationships among parental AUD, perceived parental AUD, perceived risk for AUD, addiction avoidance reasons for limiting alcohol use, and alcohol use using a random intercept cross-lagged panel model.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants (<i>N</i> = 805; 48% female; 28% Latinx) were from a longitudinal study investigating intergenerational transmission of AUD. Parental AUD, perceived parental AUD, perceived risk for AUD, addiction avoidance reasons for limiting alcohol use, and alcohol use (quantity, frequency, and frequency of heavy drinking) were measured every 5 years from late adolescence (<i>M</i>age = 20) to adulthood (<i>M</i>age = 32). Random intercept cross-lagged panel models tested whether there were stable between-person relations or time-varying within-person relations among these variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At the between-person level, perceived parental AUD predicted greater addiction avoidance reasons for limiting alcohol use and greater perceived risk. Those with greater addiction avoidance reasons for limiting alcohol use were less likely to use any alcohol and drank less frequently. Parental AUD was associated with higher levels of alcohol use as well as perceived risk. No consistent cross-lagged paths were found at the within-person level.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Study findings were at the between-person level rather than the within-person level. Future work on aversive transmission is needed to better understand this subgroup of children of parents with AUD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"578-590"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Event-level risk for negative alcohol consequences in emerging adults: The role of affect, motivation, and context.","authors":"Jack T Waddell, Scott E King, Sarah A Okey, William R Corbin","doi":"10.1037/adb0000969","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000969","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Decades of research has found support for the motivational model of alcohol use at the between-person level, yet research on event-level drinking motives is in its nascent stage. Similarly, drinking context has been largely ignored in studies of day-level motives. Therefore, the present study sought to test whether drinking context mediates the relation between affect and motivation on drinking outcomes at both day and person levels.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Emerging adults who drank in solitary and social settings (N = 107; 61.2% female) completed 21 days ecological momentary assessments. Affect was assessed during morning/afternoon reports; drinking motives were assessed during afternoon reports; and past-night drinking context, drinking quantity, and negative consequences were assessed during next morning reports. Two-level multilevel structural equation models tested whether within-person and between-person levels of predrinking affect were indirectly associated with negative consequences through predrinking motives, drinking context (social vs. solitary), and drinking quantity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At the day and person levels, positive affect was associated with higher social and enhancement motives. At the day level, positive affect indirectly predicted consequences through social motives, social (vs. solitary) drinking, and drinking quantity, whereas positive affect indirectly predicted consequences through enhancement motives and drinking quantity above and beyond context. At the day and person levels, negative affect was associated with coping motives, but coping was not associated with context, drinking quantity, nor consequences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that positive affect was linked to drinking outcomes through motives (enhancement and social) and contexts (social), whereas negative affect was not. Findings suggest that positively valenced drinking motives may be an important just-in-time intervention target. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"563-577"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140853276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and validation of the perceived approval of Risky Drinking Inventory in undergraduate students.","authors":"Sarah A Hines, Alexandre J S Morin, Paul Norman, Jennifer P Read, Roisin M O'Connor","doi":"10.1037/adb0000990","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000990","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Undergraduates frequently engage in risky drinking (i.e., drinking alcohol in ways that may result in problems). The reasoned action approach identifies injunctive norms (i.e., perceptions that others approve of risky drinking) as central in predicting engagement in risky drinking. However, research linking injunctive norms and risky drinking is equivocal, possibly because of extensive variability in the operationalization of injunctive norms across studies. This study describes the development and validation of the Perceived Approval of Risky Drinking Inventory (PARDI), designed according to best practice guidelines in questionnaire development.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Undergraduate students (<i>N</i> = 1,313) participated in one of the three phases of data collection, including focus group interviews for item generation (<i>n</i> = 31), self-report questionnaires for scale refinement (<i>n</i> = 407), and self-report questionnaires for scale validation (<i>n</i> = 875).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a 20-item four-factor solution (Heavy Drinking, Drinking-Related Problems, Coping-Related Drinking, and Sexual-Risk Taking) across the three assessed referent groups (friends, parents, and typical students), all of which present satisfactory estimates of scale score and composite reliability. The results also provided preliminary support for the convergent validity of scores obtained on the PARDI, as demonstrated through correlations with other measures of perceived norms, alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, and coping-motivated drinking. Finally, the results supported the generalizability of the PARDI factor structure by demonstrating its measurement invariance across gender and drinking status (i.e., alcohol use and problems).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The PARDI represents a reliable, valid, yet nuanced measure of injunctive norms that can be used to support further theory development and intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"601-615"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}