Pamela J Trangenstein, Erika M Rosen, Christina C Tam, Jih-Cheng Yeh, Thomas K Greenfield, David H Jernigan
{"title":"Risky relationships: Secondhand harms and health indicators associated with college students' relationships with heavy drinkers.","authors":"Pamela J Trangenstein, Erika M Rosen, Christina C Tam, Jih-Cheng Yeh, Thomas K Greenfield, David H Jernigan","doi":"10.1111/acer.70083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Heavy drinking is pervasive on college campuses, yet little is known about how heavy drinkers affect college students around them. People with versus without heavy drinkers in their lives often differ systematically, complicating such analyses. This study tested whether relationships with heavy drinkers were associated with alcohol-related harms to others (AHTOs) and related health indicators among college students after using propensity score weighting to account for demographic and behavioral differences between those with and without heavy drinkers in their lives.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were from a probability-based survey of 1901 US college students, recruited in November-December 2021 (16% response rate), 271 of whom had a heavy drinker in their life. There were two sets of outcomes: (1) AHTOs (i.e., harassment, physical, sexual) and (2) health indicators (i.e., frequent mental distress and service use because of someone else's drinking). Secondary models were stratified by the heavy drinker's relationship to the participant (i.e., intimate peer, other peer, and family member). To correct for multiple testing, p-values < 0.002 were considered significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In double-robust propensity score-weighted regressions, relationships with a heavy drinker (vs. not) were associated with harassment (aOR = 3.89 [2.05, 7.38]) and sexual AHTOs (aOR = 2.98 [1.29, 6.88]). Students with a heavy drinker in their life (vs. not) had greater odds of frequent mental distress (aOR = 2.05 [1.28, 3.29]) and service use because of someone else's drinking (aOR = 7.39 [3.32, 16.47]). All relationship types were associated with harassment and service use because of someone else's drinking. Relationships with heavy drinking other peers and family members were associated with frequent mental distress.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Relationships with a heavy drinker are associated with college AHTOs and health indicators.</p>","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144287394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Poster Abstracts","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/acer.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70063","url":null,"abstract":"<p>*Abstract numbers do not correlate to poster number assigned for presentation at the Annual Meeting.</p>","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":"49 S1","pages":"125-537"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/acer.70063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Texas Research Society on Alcoholism—35th Annual Scientific Meeting","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/acer.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":"49 S1","pages":"565-570"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/acer.70060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Need for international consensus on diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): Commentary on Myers et al., \"Comparing rates of agreement between different diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A systematic review\".","authors":"Elizabeth Jane Elliott","doi":"10.1111/acer.70095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70095","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144251071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cecilia A Hinojosa, Sanne J H van Rooij, Negar Fani, Robyn A Ellis, Henri M Garrison-Desany, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An, Thomas C Neylan, Gari D Clifford, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Laura T Germine, Scott L Rauch, Karestan C Koenen, Kerry J Ressler, Samuel A McLean, Jennifer S Stevens
{"title":"The reciprocal relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and alcohol use in a large multisite longitudinal sample stratified by sex: A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model.","authors":"Cecilia A Hinojosa, Sanne J H van Rooij, Negar Fani, Robyn A Ellis, Henri M Garrison-Desany, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An, Thomas C Neylan, Gari D Clifford, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Laura T Germine, Scott L Rauch, Karestan C Koenen, Kerry J Ressler, Samuel A McLean, Jennifer S Stevens","doi":"10.1111/acer.70092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) often co-occur. There is a lack of longitudinal studies measuring the naturalistic development of PTSD and alcohol use problems in individuals with recent trauma exposure. This study aimed to compare the temporal relationships between posttraumatic stress symptoms and alcohol use over 6 months following trauma exposure in males and females.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Large-scale longitudinal observational emergency department (ED)-based study of individuals with recent trauma exposure. Individuals with recent trauma exposure (n = 2942, 62% female) were recruited from 29 EDs across the United States within 72 h of trauma exposure from 2017 to 2021. PTSD symptoms, measured via the PTSD Checklist for the DSM-5, and alcohol use measured via the PhenX toolkit, were assessed at five time points: ED visit, 2 weeks, 8 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months following trauma.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PTSD symptoms predicted lower future alcohol use between the pretrauma to two-week time points (b = -0.08, p = 0.01) and higher use between the 3- to 6-month time points (b = 0.06, p = 0.01). There were no time points in which alcohol use predicted future PTSD symptoms. When stratifying by sex, male participants showed reciprocal associations, with alcohol use early after trauma predicting PTSD symptoms between 2 and 8 weeks (b = 0.08, p = 0.01), while PTSD symptoms predicted alcohol use between the 3- to 6-month time points (b = 0.10, p = 0.01). Female participants showed a different reciprocal pattern, with pretrauma PTSD symptoms predicting lower alcohol use 2 weeks posttrauma (b = -0.08, p = 0.04), while alcohol use subsequently predicted greater PTSD symptoms from 8 weeks to 3 months (b = 0.04, p = 0.04); these findings did not survive Bonferroni correction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Males and females exhibit complex temporal development patterns of PTSD symptoms and alcohol use that align with the mutual maintenance hypothesis in males but the susceptibility hypothesis in females. These patterns are masked in analyses that do not stratify by sex.</p>","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren Smith, William H George, Elizabeth C Neilson
{"title":"Exploring the responsivity of men's perceptions of sexual interest: The impact of sexual consent communications, acute intoxication, and past perpetration of sexual aggression.","authors":"Lauren Smith, William H George, Elizabeth C Neilson","doi":"10.1111/acer.70093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Several distal and proximal processes have been implicated in sexual aggression (SA) perpetration, including sexual misperception, or the erroneous perception of a potential partner's sexual interest or consent, alcohol intoxication, and past perpetration. Little is known about how these predictors interact in the context of a sexual interaction. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate how men's perceptions of a woman's sexual interest changed over the course of a hypothetical sexual interaction and how their intoxication, past perpetration and the woman's consent cues influenced those perceptions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Single, male social drinkers aged 21-30 with a history of risky sexual behavior (N = 97) completed an alcohol administration paradigm in which they were randomly assigned to an alcohol condition (sober control vs. intoxicated [BrAC = 0.10%]). Participants read a hypothetical scenario in which a man and woman engaged in nonpenetrative sex and the woman expressed nonconsent nonverbally and verbally. At several points during the scenario, participants rated the woman's sexual interest. Participants also reported their past perpetration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Men's perceptions of the woman's sexual interest significantly decreased following verbal expressions of nonconsent. There were no significant differences between intoxicated and sober participants' ratings of the woman's sexual perception following verbal expressions of nonconsent. Men with a history of perpetration rated the woman's sexual interest following multiple verbal expressions of nonconsent as higher than nonperpetrators.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest that intoxication does not necessarily impede men's ability to adjust their perceptions of a woman's sexual interest following verbal expressions of nonconsent.</p>","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pauline Billaux, Nicolas Cabé, Olivier Desmedt, Joël Billieux, Aleksandra M Herman, Andrzej Jakubczyk, Maciej Kopera, Alice Laniepce, Mateo Leganes-Fonteneau, Paweł Wiśniewski, Côme Lemière, Anne-Lise Pitel, Pierre Maurage
{"title":"Physical sensations of craving in binge drinking and severe alcohol use disorder: A phenomenological approach.","authors":"Pauline Billaux, Nicolas Cabé, Olivier Desmedt, Joël Billieux, Aleksandra M Herman, Andrzej Jakubczyk, Maciej Kopera, Alice Laniepce, Mateo Leganes-Fonteneau, Paweł Wiśniewski, Côme Lemière, Anne-Lise Pitel, Pierre Maurage","doi":"10.1111/acer.70087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Craving is a key concept in addictive disorders. However, despite seminal results identifying the pivotal role of its physical component, craving remains conceptualized as being centrally underpinned by psychological and cognitive processes. To explore the phenomenological dimension of physical craving in addiction, we measured self-reported body sensations of craving among individuals with subclinical (binge drinking, BD) or clinical (severe alcohol use disorder, SAUD) alcohol use disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used a body mapping technique, allowing for the free report of the bodily counterparts of psychological phenomena, among 76 binge drinkers and 97 recently detoxified patients with SAUD. We measured the taxonomy, localization, intensity, and pleasantness of the craving bodily sensations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Physical sensations of craving were reported (1) for individuals with BD habits, mostly in the shoulders/thorax (53.95%), mouth (47.37%), and forehead (31.58%), in the form of palpitations, dryness, and tension; (2) for patients with SAUD, most often and with the highest average intensity in the hands (31.96%), forehead (24.74%), and shoulders/thorax (22.68%), in the form of tremors, perspiration, and palpitations. In BD, craving sensations were described as slightly unpleasant to pleasant. Conversely, in SAUD patients, craving was perceived as slightly to very unpleasant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings bring forth a novel perspective of the bodily mechanisms involved in craving. They support a dissociation between subclinical and clinical populations of excessive alcohol drinkers, as body sensations related to craving might generate alcohol consumption through positive reinforcement (to extend positive sensations) for subclinical populations and through negative reinforcement (to alleviate unpleasant body sensations) for clinical populations. More widely, we highlight the need to add perceived bodily sensations to the predominantly and exclusively cognitive focus that characterizes the craving research field, since craving is also underpinned by physical sensations.</p>","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maha Najdini, Joris Mathieu, Gérard Shadili, Antoine Frigaux, Maë Ménauges, Carla Mouton, Florence Gressier, Aziz Essadek
{"title":"Substance use prevalence among immigrants by generational status in Europe: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Maha Najdini, Joris Mathieu, Gérard Shadili, Antoine Frigaux, Maë Ménauges, Carla Mouton, Florence Gressier, Aziz Essadek","doi":"10.1111/acer.70091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Immigration has increased globally, particularly in Europe. While past research has looked into substance use among immigrants, there is a gap in understanding how generational status affects these patterns. This systematic review aimed to synthesize existing data on the differences in prevalence rates of substance use among immigrants by generational status to provide a thorough understanding of how substance use rates and trends vary between generations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We systematically searched PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Medline, Cochrane, and Embase for cohort studies until June 2024 with no language restrictions. We included studies published between 1990 and 2023, conducted in Europe, that examined substance use prevalence among first-generation immigrants (FGIs) and second-generation immigrants (SGIs). Following the data extraction, the data were pooled using random-effects meta-analyses with odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 10 records from 157,426 articles screened, covering 2,652,732 individuals. The summary OR for alcohol use was 1.68 (95% CI: 1.32-2.13) with some variability in the results of individual studies, and women of second generation were found to be at higher risk, OR 1.85 (95% CI: 0.54-6.40). The OR for tobacco use was 1.18 (95% CI: 0.45-3.08), based on three effect estimates indicating an absence of significant difference between FGIs and SGIs. Regarding drug use, the OR was 2.50 (95% CI: 2.06-3.03), highlighting a significant association between drug use and SGI status.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings of this meta-analysis indicate a higher risk of substance use among SGIs compared to FGIs, particularly for drug use and among women for alcohol use. These results highlight the need for further data on consumption patterns across generations to develop effective, culturally tailored intervention and prevention strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":72145,"journal":{"name":"Alcohol (Hanover, York County, Pa.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}