{"title":"A daily diary exploration of contexts and experiences associated with planned drinking decisions in young adults.","authors":"Lindy K Howe, Peter R Finn","doi":"10.1037/adb0000944","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000944","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Despite the potential for negative consequences, young adults continually engage in heavy alcohol use. Unplanned (vs. planned) drinking has been of particular interest in several studies, as it is theoretically suggested to be related to poor behavioral regulation and negative consequences. Ecological momentary assessment and daily diary (DD) studies have been used to examine the contexts and consequences of planned and unplanned drinking specifically, resulting in somewhat mixed findings surrounding the factors contributing to and consequences of planned drinking. The present DD study adds to this literature by studying rewarding incentives and physical contexts of planned versus unplanned alcohol use, as well as the experiences, or consequences, of planned drinking events.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Ninety-nine young adults took part in a mobile study investigating drinking decisions for the current day and day prior, reporting the rewarding incentives contributing to their decision, the context of drinking events, and the experience of each event.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Planned drinking was associated with being influenced by social/party and alcohol incentives, as well as being at a bar and pregaming. There was a positive relationship between planned drinking and subjective level of intoxication, but not negative or positive experience.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Planned drinking is likely associated with rewarding incentives and social contexts and may contribute to higher levels of subjective intoxication. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10799165/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9964117","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}
Stéphanie Blanc, Joseph Studer, Molly Magill, Jim McCambridge, Nicolas Bertholet, Olivier Hugli, Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Jacques Gaume
{"title":"Young adults' change talk within brief motivational intervention in the emergency department and booster sessions is associated with a decrease in heavy drinking over 1 year.","authors":"Stéphanie Blanc, Joseph Studer, Molly Magill, Jim McCambridge, Nicolas Bertholet, Olivier Hugli, Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Jacques Gaume","doi":"10.1037/adb0001000","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Investigate the effect of change talk (CT) within successive brief motivational interventions (BMIs) as a mechanism of change for alcohol use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial in which 344 young adults (18-35 years old) admitted to a Swiss emergency department with alcohol intoxication received either BMI (<i>N</i> = 171) or brief advice (<i>N</i> = 173). Participants with a baseline audio-recorded BMI were included (<i>N</i> = 140; median age 23 [<i>Q</i>1-<i>Q</i>3: 20-27], 72.9% men). Up to three booster sessions by phone were offered at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months. Percent CT and CT Average Strength were used as predictor variables. The outcome was the number of heavy drinking days (HDD) over the 30 days prior to research assessments at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up. A latent growth curve modeling framework was first used to estimate predictor and outcome variable growth parameters (i.e., intercept and slope) over time, and then to regress HDD growth parameters on CT growth parameters.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CT increased specifically from baseline to the 1-week booster session and thereafter remained stable. Higher baseline CT was associated with lower HDD at 1 month (Percent CT: <i>b</i> = -0.04, 95% confidence interval [-0.06, -0.01]; Average Strength: <i>b</i> = -0.99 [-1.67, -0.31]). An increase in CT from baseline to the 1-week booster session was related to a decrease in HDD from 1 month to 12 months (Percent CT: <i>b</i> = -0.08 [-0.14, -0.03]; Average Strength: <i>b</i> = -2.29 [-3.52, -1.07]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both baseline CT and CT trajectory over the first week are meaningful predictors of HDD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140307369","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}
Yong Cui, Jason D Robinson, George Kypriotakis, Jennifer A Minnix, Charles E Green, Seokhun Kim, Maher Karam-Hage, Paul M Cinciripini
{"title":"Comparable cigarette consumption data collected using timeline follow-back and digital diary among treatment-seeking smokers.","authors":"Yong Cui, Jason D Robinson, George Kypriotakis, Jennifer A Minnix, Charles E Green, Seokhun Kim, Maher Karam-Hage, Paul M Cinciripini","doi":"10.1037/adb0000961","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The timeline follow-back interview is a common method of collecting daily cigarette consumption (cigarettes per day [CPD]) in smoking research. However, it may be subject to recall bias due to its reliance on retrospective reports. The increasing ownership of smartphones allows researchers to administer app-based digital diaries (DD) to collect CPD, which is expected to have less recall bias. Several studies have compared these two methods and found a noticeable discrepancy between them. However, these studies have mainly focused on the time window when smokers were smoking ad libitum. In this study, we wanted to determine the comparability of these two methods when treatment-seeking smokers are attempting to quit smoking.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In a cessation trial, treatment-seeking smokers (<i>n</i> = 251) reported their CPD using the timeline follow-back and DD methods over a 12-week treatment period. To evaluate the comparability, we used the Bland-Altman comparison approach for agreement, correlational analysis between CPD and biochemical measures, digit bias, and logistic regression for predicting abstinence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that the two methods exhibited good agreement, and the agreement did not vary as a function of consumption levels. Consistent with this agreement, CPD data from both methods showed similar correlations with biochemical measures of smoking and predicted 6-month abstinence in a comparable fashion. Despite the agreement, the DD method appeared to be more precise by having a lower digit bias than the timeline follow-back method.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Capturing smoking behavior using either TLFB or DD approaches yields similar data while smokers are attempting to quit smoking. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10961249/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41178795","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":"Use of mindfulness training to improve BAC self-estimation during a drinking episode.","authors":"Alexandra R Kelly, Mark T Fillmore","doi":"10.1037/adb0000955","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000955","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Individuals are often inaccurate at estimating levels of intoxication following doses of alcohol. Previous research has shown that when required to estimate (BAC) at different time points, participants often underestimate their BACs and amounts of alcohol consumed. The present study aimed to increase drinkers' BAC estimation accuracy after drinking alcohol using mindfulness-based feedback to increase their awareness of the interoceptive cues associated with alcohol intoxication.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Thirty-three adults were given 0.65 g/kg of alcohol and received one of three training conditions: BAC feedback only, body scan exercise + BAC feedback and no treatment control. Those in the BAC feedback group received feedback concerning their observed BAC during dose exposure. Participants in the body scan group received BAC feedback and underwent a mindfulness exercise to enhance their perception of the acute subjective effects of alcohol. The control group received no BAC estimation training. Participants attended four study sessions: Two training sessions where participants underwent structured training based on their condition and two retention sessions to test for the lasting effects of the training exercises.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Retention tests showed that participants in both treatment groups were most accurate in estimating their BACs. There were no differences among the groups in their perceived levels of intoxication at posttraining. The findings suggest that BAC feedback, alone and in combination with, mindfulness training can improve accuracy in estimating BACs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings provide preliminary support for the efficacy of mindfulness training in combination with BAC feedback to improve BAC estimation accuracy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10907993/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10416090","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}
Veronica L Richards, Robert J Turrisi, Michael A Russell
{"title":"Subjective intoxication predicts alcohol-related consequences at equivalent alcohol concentrations in young adults using ecological momentary assessment and alcohol sensors.","authors":"Veronica L Richards, Robert J Turrisi, Michael A Russell","doi":"10.1037/adb0000993","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Subjective intoxication (SI) when drinking may serve as an internal barometer of whether to continue drinking or engage in potentially unsafe behavior. Mobile assessments offer the potential to use SI as a prospective risk indicator during drinking episodes; little evidence exists for the validity of real-time SI measures. We test the correspondence of SI with estimated blood alcohol concentration and transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) in young adults' natural settings. We provide a novel test of whether SI features (peak and mean SI) uniquely predict consequences adjusting for alcohol concentration.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two hundred twenty-two heavy-drinking young adults (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 22.3, 64% female, 79% non-Hispanic White, 84% undergraduates) participated in a 6-day study that used ecological momentary assessment of drinking and TAC sensors. SI was assessed every 30 min during drinking episodes. Multilevel modeling was used to test hypotheses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Momentary SI and estimated blood alcohol concentration had moderate associations at the moment and day levels (standardized βs = 0.5-0.6); SI was moderately associated with TAC at the day level (βs = 0.5). Associations between SI and alcohol concentration varied widely between persons and across days. Day-level SI features predicted consequences when adjusting for alcohol concentration (incidence rate ratios, IRRs = 1.29-1.70).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our two-item SI measure shows evidence of validity in real-world settings with heavy-drinking young adults. SI was significantly correlated with alcohol concentration and was a unique predictor of consequences. The strength of these associations varied greatly across persons and days. Real-time SI measurement may be useful in preventive interventions, but continued research is needed into when and for whom momentary SI is most predictive of risk. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11065600/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139565071","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}
Weijun Wang, Jennifer A Livingston, Amanda B Nickerson, Maria Testa
{"title":"Joint trajectories of bullying victimization and sexual harassment victimization as predictors of adolescent alcohol use.","authors":"Weijun Wang, Jennifer A Livingston, Amanda B Nickerson, Maria Testa","doi":"10.1037/adb0001005","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The present study examined the independent and joint effects of bullying victimization and sexual harassment victimization on adolescent alcohol use over time within a community sample of adolescents.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Adolescents aged 13-15 years old at baseline (<i>N</i> = 800, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 14.42, <i>SD</i> = 0.83; 57.5% female) recruited from Western New York State made five online survey reports of peer victimization and alcohol use over a 2-year period. Latent class growth analysis was used to identify trajectory classes of victimization from bullying and sexual harassment over time, and regression modeling was used to examine the associations with later alcohol use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three developmental courses were identified for bullying victimization (moderate/decreasing, high/decreasing, never or low) and for sexual harassment victimization (moderate/decreasing, moderate/increasing, never or low). Adolescents in the moderate/decreasing group of bullying victimization subsequently consumed more alcoholic drinks when they drank. Belonging to the moderate/increasing group of sexual harassment was associated with increased later alcohol intoxication and number of drinks. Bullying victimization and sexual harassment victimization were concurrently correlated over time. Adolescents who followed the joint trajectory group of moderately decreasing bullying and increasing sexual harassment were more likely to report increased later alcohol intoxication and number of drinks.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Moderate levels of bullying victimization along with increasing sexual harassment victimization are associated prospectively with greater alcohol use in adolescence. Findings highlight the importance of considering the cumulative, joint effects of multiple types of peer victimization on adolescent health outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140060837","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}
Natalia Van Doren, Bethany C Bray, José A Soto, Ashley N Linden-Carmichael
{"title":"Associations between day-level affect profiles and same-day substance use among young adults.","authors":"Natalia Van Doren, Bethany C Bray, José A Soto, Ashley N Linden-Carmichael","doi":"10.1037/adb0000979","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0000979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Emotions play a critical role in health risk behaviors, including substance use. However, current research often focuses exclusively on average levels of positive and negative affect, neglecting the complexity of daily emotional patterns. By capturing multiple dimensions of affect, including arousal and discrete states, we can improve our understanding of proximal predictors of substance use. The present study demonstrates the utility of a novel methodological approach for assessing affect patterns in daily life in relation to alcohol and cannabis use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Daily diary data from <i>N</i> = 154 young adults who reported recent heavy episodic drinking and simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis were analyzed using a mixed-indicator latent profile analysis to identify and describe day-level affective patterns and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results revealed five distinct day-level profiles of affect: undifferentiated negative affect days, undifferentiated positive affect days, high-arousal positive affect days, mixed affect days, and low reactivity days. Undifferentiated positive affect days, high-arousal positive affect days, and low reactivity days were associated with significantly greater odds of same-day alcohol use compared to days characterized by undifferentiated negative affect (χ² = 10.55, <i>p</i> = .032).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that daily affect patterns differentially impact alcohol use and can inform the development of interventions for problematic substance use. Additionally, the innovative methodological approach employed herein could be applicable for investigating the role of emotion in other health behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11262887/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139378579","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}
Abenaa A Jones, Sienna Strong-Jones, Rachael E Bishop, Kristina Brant, Jill Owczarzak, Kelly W Ngigi, Carl Latkin
{"title":"The impact of family systems and social networks on substance use initiation and recovery among women with substance use disorders.","authors":"Abenaa A Jones, Sienna Strong-Jones, Rachael E Bishop, Kristina Brant, Jill Owczarzak, Kelly W Ngigi, Carl Latkin","doi":"10.1037/adb0001007","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>While social networks influence individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs), the mechanisms for such influence are under-explored among women who use drugs. This study triangulates the perspectives of criminal justice professionals, SUD treatment professionals, and women with past and current experiences with substance use to explore these dynamics.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted semistructured interviews (<i>N</i> = 42) in 2022 with women with current or past opioid use disorder (<i>n</i> = 20), SUD treatment professionals (<i>n</i> = 12), and criminal justice professionals (<i>n</i> = 10) who work with women with opioid use disorder. Interviews centered around participants' backgrounds, perceived barriers and facilitators to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment, and gender-specific issues in MOUD treatment. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and deidentified. We used a four-step qualitative data analysis process to code transcripts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across these participants' accounts, we identified mechanisms by which women's social networks influenced their opioid use trajectories: intergenerational substance use, family support and strain, intimate partner influence, and peer support and pressure. Overall, the emergent themes in the present study reflect the embedded nature of support within social systems. Women who had access to and engaged with various forms of social support tended to be those who use/used MOUD and self-identified as in recovery.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Combining MOUD treatment with psychosocial interventions allows women to heal from trauma, learn effective coping skills, and receive valuable resources to support recovery. Interventions focusing on family resilience and peer recovery support can disrupt the cycle of addiction and promote MOUD treatment success. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11502511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140872070","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":"Supplemental Material for The Impact of Family Systems and Social Networks on Substance Use Initiation and Recovery Among Women With Substance Use Disorders","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/adb0001007.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001007.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140675829","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}
Danilo Romero, Alexander Rozental, Per Carlbring, Magnus Johansson, Johan Franck, Anne H Berman, Philip Lindner
{"title":"From alcohol detoxification to treatment: A qualitative interview study on perceived barriers and assessed potential of mHealth among individuals postdetoxification.","authors":"Danilo Romero, Alexander Rozental, Per Carlbring, Magnus Johansson, Johan Franck, Anne H Berman, Philip Lindner","doi":"10.1037/adb0001008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Most individuals attending detoxification clinics do not pursue subsequent treatment. Earlier research has suggested that emerging technologies like mHealth interventions could address the postdetoxification treatment gap, yet it remains unclear whether patients themselves endorse such approaches. Our study aimed to qualitatively explore perceived treatment barriers and assessed potential of mHealth among individuals who have undergone alcohol detoxification.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a single-interview-per-participant qualitative study, sampling participants (<i>n</i> = 23) that had visited the Stockholm substance use disorder emergency department for alcohol-related reasons, of whom <i>n</i> = 8 were purposively included due to having missed their scheduled follow-up outpatient appointment. Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted (2021-2022) and then systematically analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across both areas of analysis, we identified six themes in total. We clustered barriers to postdetoxification treatment into three themes (10 subthemes) that may offer a nuancing perspective on previous research: \"Misalignment between the treatment system and the individual,\" \"Practical hurdles\" and \"Between reaching out and retreating.\" We identified three themes in participants' perspectives on mHealth as aftercare support, revealing expectations that such an approach may promote \"self-awareness on own terms,\" assist in \"navigating from solitary substance use struggles to supportive connections,\" and \"offer a lifeline when needed most,\" thereby potentially resolving several barriers to treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This first qualitative study on barriers to alcohol treatment and mHealth potential postdetoxification offered various insights that may be translated into effective, real-world solutions to bridge the postdetoxification treatment gap. A natural next step for future research is to evaluate the impact of mHealth postdetoxification. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140872962","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}