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Neighbors C, Leigh Leasure J, Shank F, Ryan P, Najjar LZ, Sze C, Henderson CE, Young CM. Physical activity as a moderator of the association between alcohol consumption and hangovers. Addict Behav 2024; 159:108145. [PMID: 39216177 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Frequently mentioned anecdotally, hangovers are under-investigated within the scientific study of alcohol, as is the role of physical activity (PA) on hangovers. The well-established positive association between PA and AC (AC) suggests that PA may buffer negative physiological consequences of AC, including hangovers. The present study was therefore conducted in order to determine whether PA influences hangovers. Undergraduates (N=1676) from two large universities in the United States who experienced at least one hangover in the past three months and who engaged in at least 30 min of moderate PA per week were recruited to participate. Participants completed online questionnaires about their AC, PA, and frequency and severity of hangover symptoms. Both between- and within-person associations between AC and hangover were examined, factoring in the potential moderating effects of both moderate and vigorous PA. Small effects were observed for correlations between PA and outcomes assessing AC and hangovers (rs ranged from 0.09 to 0.15). Results also revealed that individuals who consumed more alcohol per month experienced hangovers more frequently and had more severe symptoms. These associations were attenuated among individuals who spent more hours engaging in vigorous but not moderate PA. The current study is the first to show PA influences the experience of hangovers, and we posit this may be a mechanism underlying the positive relationship between PA and AC. Our findings advance the growing literature on alcohol use and PA and may contribute to the development of interventions for alcohol-related problems and alcohol use disorders.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA
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Junkin E, Lau-Barraco C, Stamates AL. Normative Perceptions of Peer Drinking Distinguish High-Intensity Drinkers from Other Drinking Groups. Subst Use Misuse 2023; 59:69-78. [PMID: 37740503 PMCID: PMC10841369 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2259463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Background: High-intensity drinking (HID), or drinking that doubles the binge threshold (i.e., 8+/10+ drinks for women/men), is associated with more negative consequences than binge-only drinking. However, research focusing on HID and factors that may delineate HID from other drinking behaviors is lacking. The present study evaluated if perceived norms for peer drinking behavior (i.e., descriptive norms for alcohol quantity and frequency and injunctive norms) differentiated high-intensity drinkers from other drinker statuses. Further, we evaluated the role of perceived norms on odds of HID engagement and HID frequency. Finally, college status, sex, and underage drinker status were evaluated as moderators of the association between perceived norms and HID status/frequency. Methods: Participants were 623 emerging adult drinkers recruited via Craigslist (68.7% male; 69.0% White). Participants completed an online survey on their drinking behaviors and related social factors. Results: Each domain of perceived norms positively associated with drinker status. Higher perceived norms were associated with greater odds of HID and predicted HID frequency. The association between quantity and frequency descriptive norms and HID engagement was stronger for nonstudents and was only significant for males. Underage drinker status did not moderate associations between perceived norms and HID engagement. Conclusions: Findings provided evidence that perceptions of peer drinking behaviors are strong indicators of HID risk and may be especially useful for identifying high-intensity drinking males and nonstudents. The utility of perceived peer norms to differentiate this group of particularly risky drinkers suggests that social-influence-focused intervention approaches, including norms correction, may be efficacious in targeting HID among emerging adults.
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- Emily Junkin
- Old Dominion University
- Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology
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- Old Dominion University
- Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology
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Sersli S, Gagné T, Shareck M. Social disparities in alcohol consumption among Canadian emerging adults. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can 2023; 43:499-510. [PMID: 38117475 PMCID: PMC10824153 DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.43.12.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Young adult drinking is a public health priority, but knowledge of socioeconomic status (SES) indicators and alcohol use among emerging adults (EAs; aged 18-29 years) is primarily informed by college samples, populations in their late teens and early twenties and non-Canadian data. We compared the association of three different SES indicators with monthly heavy episodic drinking (HED), less-than-monthly HED, no HED, and no drinking among Canadian EAs. METHODS We pooled the 2015 to 2019 waves of the Canadian Community Health Survey to include participants aged 18 to 29 years (n = 29 598). Using multinomial regression, we calculated weighted estimates of alcohol use by education, household income and area-level disadvantage, adjusting for adult roles and sociodemographic characteristics. RESULTS Approximately 30% of EAs engaged in monthly HED, whereas 16% did not drink at all in the past year. Compared to those in the lowest household incomes, being in the top income quintile was significantly associated with increased relative odds of monthly HED (e.g. in combined SES model, RRR = 1.21, 95% CI: 1.04-1.39). Higher levels of education, being in higher income quintiles and living in less disadvantaged areas were significantly associated with reduced relative odds of no HED and not drinking. Adjusting for adult roles did not substantially change the associations between SES and alcohol use. CONCLUSION Higher SES was associated with HED among EAs, although the magnitude of association was small. Universal prevention measures addressing the affordability, availability and marketing of alcohol could be complemented by interventions targeting EA populations at higher risk of HED.
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- Stephanie Sersli
- Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Sribanditmongkol P, Junkuy A, Homkham N, Worasuwannarak W, Hess JA. Autopsy study of alcohol-associated unnatural deaths in Thailand, 2007-2019. ALCOHOL, CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 47:2056-2067. [PMID: 38226751 DOI: 10.1111/acer.15185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND To date, there have been no major studies of alcohol-associated unnatural deaths in Thailand or South East Asia. Thailand leads South East Asia in per capita alcohol consumption. The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence of alcohol-associated unnatural deaths in Thailand and their relation to post-mortem blood alcohol concentration (BAC); to investigate correlations between BAC and selected demographic variables; and to evaluate the incidence of co-use of alcohol and illicit substances. METHODS We conducted a retrospective register-based study of alcohol-investigated unnatural deaths in Thailand for the period 2007-2019. The core study sample (n = 77,006) was derived from a Thai government computerized database of unnatural-death autopsies. RESULTS Of the total autopsy sample 32.49% was alcohol positive (BAC ≥0.20 g/L). The rate at which male autopsy cases were alcohol positive (35.52%) was approximately twice that of female autopsy cases (16.62%), with males having significantly higher median BAC levels, 1.64 and 1.31 g/L, respectively. The incidence of female alcohol-positive cases with extremely high BACs (≥3.50 g/L) was comparable to that of male alcohol-positive autopsies. The rates at which victims of accidents, homicides, and suicides were alcohol positive were 42.44%, 38.81%, and 33.25%, respectively. Drowning fatalities had the highest rate of alcohol detection (49.12%) and the highest median BAC (2.47 g/L). The next highest rate (48.47%) was among road traffic fatalities (RTFs, BAC 1.92 g/L), which accounted for about one-half of all RTFs and one-third of all alcohol-positive autopsies. Of the total alcohol-positive population, 8.33% tested positive for illicit substances, most commonly methamphetamine/amphetamine. CONCLUSIONS BAC results for the majority of male and female alcohol-positive victims exceeded the generally accepted threshold for Heavy Episodic Drinking (0.8 g/L) and provided a rare BAC-documented (≥3.50 g/L) example of gender parity in the incidence of heavy alcohol consumption. The median BAC value for alcohol-positive RTFs (1.92 g/L) was about 10% higher than in studies in most other countries and about four times greater the Thai legal limit for motor-vehicle operation (0.50 g/L).
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- Pongruk Sribanditmongkol
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Seekles ML, Briegal E, Biggane AM, Obasi AI. Measuring alcohol use among adolescents in Africa: A systematic scoping review of consumption, screening and assessment tools. Drug Alcohol Rev 2023; 42:1375-1394. [PMID: 37439392 PMCID: PMC10946979 DOI: 10.1111/dar.13715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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ISSUES Globally, adolescent drinking is a major public health concern. Alcohol measurements are influenced by local consumption practices, patterns and perceptions of alcohol-related harm. This is the first review to examine what tools are used to measure alcohol consumption, or screen for or assess harmful use in African adolescents, and how these tools take into account the local context. APPROACH A systematic scoping review was conducted in line with the Arksey and O'Malley framework. A search in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Global Health and the Cochrane Database covered the period of 2000-2020. KEY FINDINGS The search identified 121 papers across 25 African countries. A range of single- and multi-item tools were identified. Very few adaptations of existing questions were specified, and this search identified no tools developed by local researchers that were fundamentally different from established tools often designed in the USA or Europe. Inconsistencies were found in the use of cut-off scores; many studies used adult cut-off scores. IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION The possible impact of African drinking practices and culture on the accuracy of alcohol screening tools is currently unknown, but is also not taken into account by most research. This, in combination with a limited geographical distribution of alcohol-related research across the continent and inconsistent use of age- and gender-specific cut-off scores, points towards probable inaccuracies in current data on adolescent alcohol use in Africa.
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- Maaike L. Seekles
- Department of International Public HealthLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineLiverpoolUK
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- Department of International Public HealthLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineLiverpoolUK
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- Department of International Public HealthLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineLiverpoolUK
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- Department of International Public HealthLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineLiverpoolUK
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Kalina E, Boyd-Frenkel K, Patock-Peckham JA, Schneidewent L, Broussard ML, Leeman RF. Does Relationship-Contingent Self-Esteem Play a Role in the Stress to Impaired Control Pathway to Alcohol-Related Problems in a College Student Sample? Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:185. [PMID: 36829414 PMCID: PMC9952616 DOI: 10.3390/bs13020185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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The Appraisal-Disruption Model (ADM) suggests that individuals use alcohol as a means of dampening negative self-talk. Relationship-contingent self-esteem (RCSE) emerges from validating one's self-esteem depending on one's romantic relationship(s) and is known to predict alcohol-related problems. We hypothesized that RCSE indirectly predicts drinking outcomes through the mediating mechanism(s) of stress and impaired control over alcohol (IC; drinking to excess beyond one's own intentions). We fit a multiple-group structural equation model with self-report survey data from 479 college students. We used a 20,000 bootstrap technique to examine possible mediated pathways. Consistent with evolutionary theory, our model was moderated by sex: more variance in alcohol-related problems was explained for women (R2 = 0.479) than for men (R2 = 0.280). RCSE was directly linked to more stress. Furthermore, higher levels of RCSE were indirectly linked to more IC through increased stress, and in turn, more heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related problems for both men and women. Consistent with the ADM, those with higher levels of RCSE experienced more stress and, in turn, more IC and subsequent adverse alcohol outcomes. Thus, therapists targeting alcohol use disorders (AUDs) may wish to determine if their client's self-esteem changes dramatically based on their moment-to-moment appraisal of their intimate relationships.
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- Elena Kalina
- Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, 1864 Stadium Rd., Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Psychology Building, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, 1100 S Beaver St., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Psychology Building, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Bachrach RL, Zhou A, Kumar L, Lyons G, Skrzynski CJ, Creswell KG. Indirect effects of personality on high-intensity drinking: The role of drinking motives. ALCOHOL, CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 47:361-369. [PMID: 36507856 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Researchers have long been interested in identifying risk factors for binge drinking behavior (4+/5+ drinks/occasion for females/males), but many studies have demonstrated that a substantial proportion of young adults are drinking at levels far beyond (often 2 to 3 times) the standard binge threshold. The consumption of such large quantities of alcohol, typically referred to as high-intensity drinking (HID), can cause severe alcohol-related problems, such as blackouts, unintended sexual experiences, and death. This study is the first to investigate whether personality is indirectly associated with the likelihood of HID via drinking motives in a large (N = 999) sample of underage young adult drinkers. We hypothesized that trait neuroticism would be indirectly associated with the likelihood of HID via coping motives and that extraversion would be indirectly associated with the likelihood of HID via social and enhancement motives. METHODS To investigate these hypotheses, we used two archival data sets that recruited current underage (18- to 20-year-old) adult drinkers residing in the United States from online panel services. Participants completed self-report survey items assessing constructs of interest. To investigate the role of drinking motives in the association between personality and HID, both the direct and indirect effects were calculated via three path analyses. RESULTS Findings revealed that neuroticism was partially indirectly associated with the likelihood of HID via coping motives (b = 0.02, SE = 0.004, p < 0.01). In addition, extraversion was indirectly associated with the likelihood of HID via social (b = 0.031, SE = 0.002, p < 0.01) and enhancement motives (b = 0.01, SE = 0.002, p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS These findings are an initial step in examining the interplay among personality traits, drinking motives, and HID in underage drinkers and point to the need for longitudinal studies assessing these associations.
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- Rachel L Bachrach
- Center for Health Equity and Research Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Hasselgård-Rowe J, Senchyna A, Broers B, Haller DM. Heterogeneity of definitions and measurements of binge drinking in research on adolescents and young adults. Drug Alcohol Depend 2022; 241:109650. [PMID: 36252507 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Binge drinking is a widespread health compromising behaviour among adolescents and young adults and is one of the leading causes of mortality and injuries among this population. The definitions and measurement methods of binge drinking are heterogeneous but constitute a crucial component in the literature on associated factors related to binge drinking. This study focused on how binge drinking is defined and measured in the literature exploring its associated risk factors among adolescents and young adults. METHODS The databases PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Social Care were searched for articles published between 1 January 2006 and 30 April 2020 using 3 concepts: binge drinking; risk or protective factors; and adolescents/young adults with respective key words. Data were extracted on the main characteristics of studies and the parameters of binge drinking measurements. RESULTS 173 studies were included, mostly cross-sectional (61 %) and longitudinal (38 %). Only 23 % of the studies explicitly referred to a standardised definition of binge drinking even though 76 % of the studies used a consensual threshold of 5 drinks or more for men. A lower threshold for women was applied in 26 % of the studies. Recall periods ranged between 2 weeks and 1 year in 85 % of the studies and only 16 % presented binge drinking in terms of frequency and/or quantity of drinks. CONCLUSION Our results highlight the heterogeneity in the definitions and measurements of binge drinking, raising concerns for meaningful comparisons between studies focused on factors associated with the behaviour. The scientific community needs to be aware of these variations and address the gap of poor stratification and inconsistencies in binge drinking reporting.
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- Jennifer Hasselgård-Rowe
- University Institute for Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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- University Institute for Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Primary Care Division, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- University Institute for Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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O’Donnell R, Livingston M, Room R, Mojica-Perez Y, Callinan S. Disparities in definitions of drinker type and related harms: self-identified and researcher-defined drinker type and alcohol-related consequences. JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2021.1961324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Renee O’Donnell
- Health and Social Care Unit, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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Kim AJ, Sherry SB, Nealis LJ, Mushquash A, Lee-Baggley D, Stewart SH. Do symptoms of depression and anxiety contribute to heavy episodic drinking? A 3-wave longitudinal study of adult community members. Addict Behav 2022; 130:107295. [PMID: 35231843 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heavy episodic drinking (or binge drinking) is a significant public health concern. Self-medication using alcohol is often thought to explain the co-occurrence of heavy episodic drinking with depression and anxiety. Yet, there is little longitudinal work examining both depressive and anxiety symptoms and how they are independently related to heavy episodic drinking in adult community samples. To this end, we invited adult community members (N = 102) to come to the lab to complete validated measures of depressive symptoms (composite of CES-D-SF, SCL-90-D, and DASS-21-D), anxiety symptoms (DASS-21-A), and heavy episodic drinking (composite of frequency, severity, and perceptions) at baseline, and again three and six months later. Using a three-wave cross-lagged panel model, we tested reciprocal relations between heavy episodic drinking and each internalizing symptom. We found strong temporal stability in our study variables. Depressive symptoms were associated with increases in heavy episodic drinking, and anxiety symptoms were associated with decreases in heavy episodic drinking. In contrast, heavy episodic drinking did not predict either internalizing symptom over time. Results are consistent with the notion that individuals with greater depressive symptoms use alcohol to self-medicate, and that anxiety symptoms (particularly autonomic arousal) may be potentially protective against future heavy episodic drinking.
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- Andy J Kim
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, B3H 4R2, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, B3H 4R2, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, B3H 2E2, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, B3H 4R2, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, B3H 4R2, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, B3H 4R2, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, B3H 2E2, Canada.
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Chavarria J, Fridberg DJ, King AC. Acute alcohol rewarding effects as a risk factor for hangover frequency. Addict Behav 2022; 129:107279. [PMID: 35184004 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Acute subjective alcohol effects appear to play an important role in predicting alcohol hangover. However, no studies have used a laboratory-based alcohol challenge to examine the concurrent or longitudinal effects of subjective alcohol responses on hangover frequency. As such, we investigated the direct and indirect effects of alcohol stimulation, sedation, liking and wanting, as measured in a controlled setting, on hangover frequency over five years. METHOD Participants were 294 young adult light-to-heavy social drinkers (aged 21-35 years, 42% female) enrolled in the Chicago Social Drinking Project. The study utilized a placebo-controlled, double blind, laboratory alcohol challenge and a battery of measures including the Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale, Drug Effects Questionnaire, Hangover Symptom Scale, and alcohol use Quantity-Frequency Interview, with the latter two re-administered after five years. RESULTS Through the use of a path analysis, the present study found significant direct effects from alcohol liking to hangover frequency at initial testing. In addition, there were multiple significant indirect effects from greater alcohol liking and wanting to greater alcohol use quantity-frequency and, in turn, greater hangover frequency at initial testing and 5-year follow-up. Last, there were significant indirect effects from greater alcohol sedation to less alcohol use quantity-frequency and, in turn, less hangover frequency at initial testing and 5-year follow-up. CONCLUSION This study highlights the role of the hedonic reward and motivational salience of alcohol as potential mechanisms of alcohol-related consequences (i.e., hangover) among light-to-heavy social drinking young adults.
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Barney TM, Vore AS, Trapp SL, Finkenberg CL, Pugliesi DR, Schmalzle MM, Evans SH, Varlinskaya EI, Deak T. Circulating corticosterone levels mediate the relationship between acute ethanol intoxication and markers of NF-κB activation in male rats. Neuropharmacology 2022; 210:109044. [PMID: 35341791 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Binge drinking is a harmful pattern of alcohol use that is associated with a number of serious health problems. Of particular interest are the rapid alterations in neuroimmune gene expression and the concurrent activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation associated with high intensity drinking. Using a rat model of acute binge-like ethanol exposure, the present studies were designed to assess the role of corticosterone (CORT) in ethanol-induced neuroimmune gene expression changes, particularly those associated with the NFκB signaling pathway, including rapid induction of IL-6 and IκBα, and suppression of IL-1β and TNFα gene expression evident after administration of moderate to high doses of ethanol (1.5-3.5 g/kg ip) during intoxication (3 h post-injection). Experiment 1 tested whether inhibition of CORT synthesis with metyrapone and aminoglutethimide (100 mg/kg each, sc) would block ethanol-induced changes in neuroimmune gene expression. Results indicated that rapid alterations in IκBα, IL-1β, and TNFα expression were completely blocked by pretreatment with the glucocorticoid synthesis inhibitors, an effect that was reinstated by co-administration of exogenous CORT (3.75 mg/kg) in Experiment 2. Experiment 3 assessed whether these rapid alterations in neuroimmune gene expression would be evident when rats were challenged with a subthreshold dose of ethanol (1.5 g/kg) in combination with 2.5 mg/kg CORT, which showed limited evidence for additive effects of low-dose CORT combined with a moderate dose of ethanol. Acute inhibition of mineralocorticoid (spironolactone) or glucocorticoid (mifepristone) receptors, alone (Experiment 4) or combined (Experiment 5) had no effect on ethanol-induced changes in neuroimmune gene expression, presumably due to poor CNS penetrance of these drugs. Finally, Experiments 6 and 7 showed that dexamethasone (subcutaneous; a GR agonist) recapitulated effects of ethanol. Overall, we conclude that ethanol-induced CORT synthesis and release is responsible for suppression of IL-1β, TNFα, and induction of IκBα in the hippocampus through GR signaling. Interventions designed to curb these changes may reduce drinking, and subdue detrimental neuroimmune activation induced by ethanol.
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- Thaddeus M Barney
- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA
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- Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA.
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Waddell JT, King SE, Okey SA, Marohnic SD, Corbin WR. Prospective Effects of UPPS-P Impulsivity and Typical Drinking Context on Future Drinking Behavior. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2022; 83:212-222. [PMID: 35254244 PMCID: PMC8909921 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2022.83.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Research suggests that impulsivity is a risk factor for problem drinking, but prior studies have yet to examine typical drinking context as a potential moderator of relations between impulsivity and drinking outcomes. Guided by Person-Environment Transactions Theory, the current study tested whether five facets of impulsivity (negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking) interacted with typical drinking context to prospectively predict drinking quantity. METHOD Young adult participants (N = 448; mean age = 22.27) were recruited from a southwestern university and the surrounding community. Data from a baseline survey (Time [T] 1) and a 1-year follow-up (T2) were used for the current analyses. Impulsivity (UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale), typical drinking context, and typical drinking quantity were assessed at T1, and typical drinking quantity at T2. RESULTS Context items were loaded onto latent factors comprising high-arousal (e.g., at a tailgate, large house party) and low-arousal (e.g., at a restaurant, on a date) drinking contexts. In univariate (separated by UPPS-P facet) and multivariate (UPPS-P facets together) models, lack of premeditation and positive urgency interacted with high-arousal drinking contexts to predict T2 drinking, such that individuals at high/mean levels of impulsivity drank more heavily the more frequently they drank in high-arousal contexts. Only interactions in univariate models remained significant after a false discovery correction, although effect sizes were very similar across univariate and multivariate models. CONCLUSIONS Individuals high in positive urgency and lack of premeditation may be particularly vulnerable to riskier drinking behavior in high-arousal environments. Findings advance the literature on context-specific cues that may be important intervention targets, particularly for individuals high in positive urgency and lack of premeditation.
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- Jack T. Waddell
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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Waddell JT, King SE, Okey SA, Marohnic SD, Corbin WR. Prospective Effects of UPPS-P Impulsivity and Typical Drinking Context on Future Drinking Behavior. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2022; 83:212-222. [PMID: 35254244 PMCID: PMC8909921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Research suggests that impulsivity is a risk factor for problem drinking, but prior studies have yet to examine typical drinking context as a potential moderator of relations between impulsivity and drinking outcomes. Guided by Person-Environment Transactions Theory, the current study tested whether five facets of impulsivity (negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking) interacted with typical drinking context to prospectively predict drinking quantity. METHOD Young adult participants (N = 448; mean age = 22.27) were recruited from a southwestern university and the surrounding community. Data from a baseline survey (Time [T] 1) and a 1-year follow-up (T2) were used for the current analyses. Impulsivity (UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale), typical drinking context, and typical drinking quantity were assessed at T1, and typical drinking quantity at T2. RESULTS Context items were loaded onto latent factors comprising high-arousal (e.g., at a tailgate, large house party) and low-arousal (e.g., at a restaurant, on a date) drinking contexts. In univariate (separated by UPPS-P facet) and multivariate (UPPS-P facets together) models, lack of premeditation and positive urgency interacted with high-arousal drinking contexts to predict T2 drinking, such that individuals at high/mean levels of impulsivity drank more heavily the more frequently they drank in high-arousal contexts. Only interactions in univariate models remained significant after a false discovery correction, although effect sizes were very similar across univariate and multivariate models. CONCLUSIONS Individuals high in positive urgency and lack of premeditation may be particularly vulnerable to riskier drinking behavior in high-arousal environments. Findings advance the literature on context-specific cues that may be important intervention targets, particularly for individuals high in positive urgency and lack of premeditation.
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- Jack T. Waddell
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona,Correspondence may be sent to Jack T. Waddell at the Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S McAllister, Tempe, AZ 85281, or via email at:
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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Moan IS, Bye EK, Rossow I. Stronger alcohol-violence association when adolescents drink less? Evidence from three Nordic countries. Eur J Public Health 2021; 31:866-872. [PMID: 34293089 PMCID: PMC8514171 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Since 2000, adolescents' alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking (HED) have declined in the Nordic countries. However, little is known about corresponding trends in alcohol-related harm and possible changes in the alcohol-harm association. The aims are to examine (i) whether the decline in HED was accompanied by a decline in alcohol-related violence (AV) and (ii) whether the strength of the HED-AV association changed concomitant with the decline. METHODS Analysis of data from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), conducted among 15-16-year-olds in Iceland, Norway and Sweden in 2007 and 2015 (n = 17 027). Changes in proportions of AV and alcohol use past 12 months, and mean frequency of HED past 30 days were examined using Pearsons χ2-test and F-test, respectively. The HED-AV associations were estimated using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS HED and AV proportions decreased from 2007 to 2015 in all countries. Among current drinkers (n = 8927), both HED frequency and AV proportion decreased in Norway (P < 0.001) and remained stable in Iceland. In Sweden, AV decreased (P < 0.001) whereas HED remained stable. The magnitude of the HED-AV association increased in Norway (Beta2015-2007 = 0.145, 95% CI 0.054-0.236), remained the same in Iceland and decreased in Sweden (Beta2015-2007 = -0.082, 95% CI -0.158 to -0.005). CONCLUSIONS Among youth in Iceland, Norway and Sweden, heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related violence declined from 2007 to 2015. Among drinkers, the strength of the alcohol-violence association was moderated by the extent of heavy episodic drinking.
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- Inger Synnøve Moan
- Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Kranzler HR, Morris PE, Pond T, Crist RC, Kampman KM, Hartwell EE, Lynch KG. Prospective randomized pharmacogenetic study of topiramate for treating alcohol use disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021; 46:1407-1413. [PMID: 33568796 PMCID: PMC8209023 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-00945-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In a prior study, topiramate reduced heavy drinking among individuals who sought to reduce their drinking, with the effect moderated by a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; rs2832407) in GRIK1, which encodes the kainate GluK1 receptor subunit (Kranzler et al. 2014). The present study sought to replicate prospectively the effect of topiramate and rs2832407 in patients with DSM-5 alcohol use disorder (AUD) who sought to reduce or stop their drinking. We stratified the randomization on genotype (rs2832407*C-allele homozygotes vs. A-allele carriers) and assigned 170 European-American participants (71.2% male) to receive 12 weeks of treatment with topiramate (N = 85), at a maximal daily dosage of 200 mg, or matching placebo (N = 85). At each of nine treatment visits participants received brief counseling to reduce drinking and increase abstinent days. We hypothesized that topiramate-treated patients with the rs2832407*CC genotype would reduce heavy drinking days (HDDs) more than the other three groups. The rate of treatment completion was 91.8% in both groups. The mean number of HDDs per week in the placebo group was 1.67 (95% CI = (1.29, 2.16), p = 0.0001) times greater than in the topiramate group, which was confirmed by the topiramate group's significantly greater reduction in the concentration of the liver enzyme γ-glutamyltransferase and lower alcohol-related problems score. There was no significant difference in topiramate's effect on HDDs between genotype groups. Although consistent with other studies showing a reduction in heavy drinking with topiramate treatment, the prior finding of a moderating effect of rs2832407 genotype was not replicated in this prospective trial.
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- Henry R Kranzler
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Effects of topiramate on neural responses to alcohol cues in treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol use disorder: preliminary findings from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021; 46:1414-1420. [PMID: 33558678 PMCID: PMC8208990 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-021-00968-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Topiramate, a GABA/glutamate modulator, is efficacious in reducing alcohol consumption, though the mechanisms underlying this effect are not well characterized. This study analyzed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 22 heavy drinkers enrolled in a 12-week placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial of topiramate to examine the effects of topiramate on alcohol cue-elicited brain responses, craving, and heavy drinking in individuals with DSM-5 alcohol use disorder. Patients were randomized to receive either topiramate (maximal daily dosage of 200 mg/day) or placebo and were administered an fMRI alcohol cue-reactivity task at baseline (before starting medication) and after 6 weeks of double-blind treatment. Analyses compared the topiramate (n = 12) and placebo (n = 8) groups on (1) the change in brain responses during alcohol cue exposure (vs non-alcohol cues) within five a priori regions of interest related to reward-the bilateral and medial orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and bilateral ventral striatum (VS) and (2) change in craving and heavy drinking days (HDDs) from baseline and scan 2. Topiramate, relative to placebo, reduced alcohol cue-elicited activation of the left VS, bilateral OFC, and medial OFC, alcohol cue-elicited craving, and HDDs between baseline and 6 weeks of treatment. The reduction in alcohol cue-elicited activation in the medial OFC correlated with reductions in craving, and reduced activation in the right VS, right OFC, and medial OFC correlated with the reduction in HDD. This preliminary study provides evidence that topiramate's attenuation of alcohol cue-elicited brain activation and craving are key elements of the drug's neurobiological mechanism of action in reducing heavy drinking.
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Villarosa-Hurlocker MC, Schutts JW, Madson MB, Jordan HR, Whitley RB, Mohn RC. Screening for alcohol use disorders in college student drinkers with the AUDIT and the USAUDIT: a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2020; 46:531-545. [PMID: 32175778 PMCID: PMC7492430 DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2020.1712410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Background: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and its consumption subscale (AUDIT-C) are international gold standard screeners for identifying at-risk drinkers. Items have been modified to reflect United States low-risk drinking guidelines in the USAUDIT and USAUDIT-C, which also perform well in identifying at-risk drinkers. The USAUDIT may also be used to screen for potential AUD, an important first step to identify individuals needing diagnostic testing and treatment referrals. Objectives: The present study sought to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of each measure in predicting potential AUDs via diagnostic criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition in a college sample. Methods: Participants were 382 college student drinkers (Mage = 20.2, SD = 1.5; 68.7% female) who completed online surveys assessing alcohol use, at-risk drinking, and AUD symptom endorsement. Receiver operating curves provide optimal cutoff scores for each measure in overall, male, and female samples. Results: Results indicated the AUDIT and USAUDIT are equally superior in detecting potential AUD in the current sample. Recommended cutoff scores for detecting likely AUD with the USAUDIT are 12 for males (sensitivity = 62.0%, specificity = 86.6%) and 8 for females (sensitivity = 65.3%, specificity = 87.7%). Conclusions: Whereas prior work supports the USAUDIT-C in detecting at-risk drinking, the current study supports the AUDIT and USAUDIT in detecting potential AUD. Based on prior work, and in an effort to be consistent with standard US drinking guidelines, we recommend using the USAUDIT in screening and brief interventions across college campuses.
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- College of Education and Professional Studies, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Education, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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Creswell KG, Chung T, Skrzynski CJ, Bachrach RL, Jackson KM, Clark DB, Martin CS. Drinking beyond the binge threshold in a clinical sample of adolescents. Addiction 2020; 115:1472-1481. [PMID: 31984600 PMCID: PMC8071609 DOI: 10.1111/add.14979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Nearly all the research conducted on high-intensity drinking has focused on college and school-based samples, with recent calls for research to understand this risky drinking pattern in non-school-based samples and across time. This study aimed to characterize predictors and consequences of non-binge drinking, age- and gender-adjusted binge drinking (level I) and drinking at levels representing two or more times (level II) and three or more times the level I binge threshold (level III) in a clinical sample of adolescents followed into young adulthood. DESIGN Cross-sectional associations between non-binge drinking, binge levels, and negative alcohol-related consequences were examined during adolescence; prospective analyses tested whether adolescent non-binge drinking and binge levels predicted alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms in young adulthood and whether changes in drinking motives over time were associated with binge levels in young adulthood. SETTING US clinical settings. PARTICIPANTS A total of 432 adolescents (aged 12-18 years) with alcohol-related problems followed into young adulthood (aged 19-25 years). MEASUREMENTS Life-time drinking history, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM AUDs, and Inventory of Drinking Situations. FINDINGS Results were generally consistent with a distinction between binge level I versus levels II-III on various negative alcohol-related consequences in adolescence (Ps < 0.05) that were maintained in young adulthood (Ps < 0.01). The maintenance of relatively high endorsement of enhancement and social motives over time was associated with binge levels II-III in young adulthood (Ps < 0.001); decreases in coping motives were associated with less risky drinking in adulthood (P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS Among US adolescents with alcohol-related problems who were followed-up in young adulthood (aged 19-25 years), standard threshold binge drinking (five or more drinks per occasion; level I) was generally associated with fewer alcohol-related consequences and problem behaviors than binge drinking at two or more times (level II) or three or more times (level III) the standard binge threshold.
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- Kasey G. Creswell
- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Stevens AK, Sokolovsky AW, Padovano HT, White HR, Jackson KM. Heaviness of Alcohol Use, Alcohol Problems, and Subjective Intoxication Predict Discrepant Drinking Reports in Daily Life. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2020; 44:1468-1478. [PMID: 32530512 PMCID: PMC7572532 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Self-reported consumption is pervasive in alcohol research, though retrospective recall bias is a concern. Fine-grained methods are designed to limit retrospection; yet, discrepancies can arise when comparing responses on fine-grained surveys with responses to retrospective surveys across weeks or months. Many fine-grained studies use both repeated daily surveys (RDS) and end-of-day (EOD) summaries, but little research has examined whether these survey types are consistent. The purpose of this study was to quantify the magnitude and directionality of discrepancy between EOD summaries and RDS and identify alcohol-related predictors of discrepancy. METHODS As a part of a larger study, college student alcohol and cannabis users (N = 341; 53% women; Mage = 19.79 years) were recruited to complete 56 days of data collection, including 5 daily assessments of their substance use and related constructs, one of which included an EOD summary of the previous day. Generalized linear mixed-effects models were used to examine between- and within-person predictors of a 5-category, discrepancy outcome: no discrepancy, low discrepancy where RDS < EOD, low discrepancy where EOD < RDS, high discrepancy where RDS < EOD, and high discrepancy where EOD < RDS. RESULTS Discrepancies between EOD and RDS were observed in both directions. Alcohol problems predicted more alcohol consumption reported on the EOD survey than across RDS. Within-person alcohol quantity and hourly rate of consumption were most strongly related to less alcohol consumption reported on the EOD survey. Between- and within-person peak subjective intoxication and within-person liquor consumption were associated with discrepancies in both directions. CONCLUSIONS Surveys requiring more retrospection may overestimate alcohol consumption in problematic drinkers and underestimate consumption on days where more alcohol is consumed than typical. Evidence also suggests that greater day-to-day instability in alcohol behavior is linked to less consistent reporting overall. More research is needed to discern factors contributing to inconsistent reporting on fine-grained surveys to maximize the validity of reports.
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- Angela K. Stevens
- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, 02903, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, 02903, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, 02903, USA
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- Center of Alcohol and Substance Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, 02903, USA
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Prince MA, Read JP, Colder CR. Trajectories of College Alcohol Involvement and Their Associations with Later Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2020; 20:741-752. [PMID: 30610520 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-018-0974-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Little is known about what differentiates individuals whose drinking patterns escalate into problematic use following the transition out of college compared to those who learn to drink in a way that is consistent with independent adult roles. Patterns of alcohol use and problems during college may pre-sage progression toward problem drinking in adulthood. The present study sought to examine such patterns in an effort to delineate those at greatest risk. Research has not yet elucidated whether, when, and how these groups diverge. Our results indicate that students who report AUD symptoms one year following graduation reported greater alcohol involvement from the first semester and escalated their involvement with alcohol at a more rapid pace. We observed marked and measurable differences in drinking patterns between those who go on to exhibit AUD symptoms following college and those who do not. A close inspection of these differences reveals that relatively small absolute differences in alcohol consumption add up to large differences in alcohol-related consequences. Thus, markers of longer-term risk are present early in college, and greater escalation of drinking across college is an indicator that intervention is needed. Brief Motivational Interventions could help students to anticipate some of the challenges ahead as they transition from the college environment, as well as the potential deleterious effects of immoderate alcohol use on making a successful transition into adult roles. In addition to the beginning of college, our findings also point to critical periods during which screening and brief intervention may be optimally timed.
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- Mark A Prince
- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 1876 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Park Hall, #168, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Park Hall, #168, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA
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Laghi F, Bianchi D, Pompili S, Lonigro A, Baiocco R. Binge eating and binge drinking behaviors: the role of family functioning. PSYCHOL HEALTH MED 2020; 26:408-420. [PMID: 32228049 DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1742926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Binge eating and binge drinking are two of the most common health-risk behaviors among young people showing to frequently co-occur in nonclinical samples of adolescent boys and girls. The present study examined the role of different dimensions of family functioning in binge behaviors among adolescents. One thousand and twenty young to late adolescents (507 girls and 517 boys) with ages ranging from 16 to 22 years participated in the study and completed a survey of self-report measures. Our findings showed that adolescents who binge eat and drink and adolescents who only binge eat perceived a lower quality of family functioning with lower levels of cohesion, flexibility, communication, satisfaction and higher degree of disengagement compared to adolescents who do not binge and adolescents who only binge drink. Only adolescents who engage in both binge behaviors reported higher levels of chaotic style compared to other binge groups. Furthermore, living in families poorly flexible, highly disengaged and with communication problems among members resulted as risk factors for binge eating behavior. Results suggest the importance for prevention programs to be based on an integrated approach focused on improving family environment such as the ability in changing family structure to deal effectively with developmental problems and defining clear home rules adolescents may stand on.
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- Fiorenzo Laghi
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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El Ansari W, Salam A, Suominen S. Is Alcohol Consumption Associated with Poor Perceived Academic Performance? Survey of Undergraduates in Finland. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17041369. [PMID: 32093287 PMCID: PMC7068310 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17041369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The relationship between academic performance and alcohol consumption among students remains inconsistent. We assessed this relationship, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics across seven faculties at the University of Turku (1177 undergraduates). An online questionnaire assessed: seven sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, year/discipline of study, accommodation type, being in intimate relationship, parental education, and income sufficiency); two perceived academic performance (students’ subjective importance of achieving good grades and students’ appraisal of their academic performance compared to peers); and six alcohol consumption behaviors (length of time, amount consumed, frequency, heavy episodic drinking, problem drinking, and possible alcohol dependence). Simple logistic regression assessed relationships between sociodemographic and academic variables with alcohol consumption behaviors; multiple logistic regression assessed the same relationships after controlling for all other variables. Students reported long duration and large amount of drinking (46% and 50%), high frequency of drinking (41%), heavy episodic drinking (66%), problem drinking (29%), and possible alcohol dependence (9%). After controlling, gender was associated with all alcohol consumption behaviors, followed by religiosity (associated with four alcohol behaviors), living situation, marital status, age (each associated with two alcohol behaviors), and parental education and year of study (each associated with one alcohol behavior). Study discipline, income sufficiency, importance of achieving good grades, and academic performance compared to peers were not associated with any alcohol behaviors. Universities need to assess problem drinking and alcohol use disorders among students. Prevention strategies are required to reduce risk. Health promotion efforts could focus on beliefs and expectations about alcohol and target student groups at risk for more efficient and successful efforts.
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- Walid El Ansari
- Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha 3050, Qatar
- College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha 3050, Qatar
- School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden;
- Correspondence:
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- Neuroscience Institute, Hamad General Hospital, Doha 3050, Qatar;
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- School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden;
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Passaro RC, Segura ER, Lama JR, Sanchez J, Lake JE, Shoptaw S, Clark JL. High-Risk, but Hidden: Binge Drinking among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Lima, Peru, 2012-2014. Subst Use Misuse 2020; 55:399-404. [PMID: 31682179 PMCID: PMC7002235 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1681451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Background: Binge drinking (BD) is common in Peru, but may not be routinely detected by standard assessments of hazardous drinking. Objectives: We describe prevalence and risk behaviors of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) in Peru who met criteria for BD as compared with those who met criteria for hazardous drinking. Methods: In a cross-sectional sample of MSM and TW from Lima (2012-2014), we calculated prevalence of BD (consuming ≥6 alcoholic drinks per occasion by AUDIT-3 criteria), conducted bivariate analyses of associations of BD with demographic and behavioral characteristics, and compared prevalence and behaviors of BD to those of hazardous drinkers (identified by AUDIT-10 criteria). Results: Of 1,520 MSM (n = 1,384) and TW (n = 137) with median age 27 years, 74.4% of MSM and 86.9% of TW met criteria for BD. Among MSM, BD was associated with a greater likelihood of using alcohol (41.6% vs. 13.8%; p < .01) or drugs (7.8% vs. 2.8%; p < .01) prior to a recent sexual contact. Among TW, BD was associated with greater frequency of alcohol use (44.9% vs. 11.1%; p < .01) or unprotected anal intercourse (58.8% vs. 33.3%; p = .04) during ≥1 of their three most recent sexual contacts. There was a higher prevalence of BD (75.5%) than hazardous drinking (53.2%) in our sample, with binge drinkers exhibiting similar sexual risk behaviors to hazardous drinkers. Conclusions: Binge drinking is common among MSM and TW in Lima, associated with risky sexual behavior, and may not be adequately captured by AUDIT-10 criteria.
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- R Colby Passaro
- College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.,South American Program in HIV Prevention Research, c/o UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- South American Program in HIV Prevention Research, c/o UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru
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- Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, Lima, Peru.,Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, Lima, Peru.,Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas Biomédicas y Medioambientales, Lima, Peru
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- South American Program in HIV Prevention Research, c/o UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, USA
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- South American Program in HIV Prevention Research, c/o UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Department of Family Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- South American Program in HIV Prevention Research, c/o UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Sandoval G, Monteiro M, De Pinho Campos K, Shield K, Marinho F. Sociodemographics, lifestyle factors and health status indicators associated with alcohol consumption and related behaviours: a Brazilian population-based analysis. Public Health 2020; 178:49-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Erevik EK, Torsheim T, Andreassen CS, Krossbakken E, Vedaa Ø, Pallesen S. The associations between low-level gaming, high-level gaming and problematic alcohol use. Addict Behav Rep 2019; 10:100186. [PMID: 31193377 PMCID: PMC6527943 DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The current study aimed to investigate associations between gaming and different patterns of problematic alcohol use, controlling for important demographics, personality and mental health covariates. Data was collected by an online survey during fall 2016 (N = 5217). Students who had participated in a survey among students in Bergen, Norway, one year earlier were invited to participate. Crude and adjusted binary logistic regression analyses were conducted in order to assess the relationship between different patterns of problematic alcohol use and gaming (i.e. low-level gaming and high-level gaming vs. no gaming) while controlling for important covariates. The different gaming groups were categorised based on the number of symptoms of "gaming addiction" (in total seven) that they endorsed: 4 > symptoms = low-level gaming, 4 ≤ symptoms = high-level gaming. Only 0.2% (n = 11) endorsed all seven symptoms. Low-level gaming was positively associated with patterns of problematic alcohol use in the crude analyses; these associations became non-significant when controlling for demographic variables. High-level gaming was inversely associated with patterns of problematic alcohol use when controlling for demographics, personality, and mental health covariates. The inverse relationship between high-level gaming and problematic alcohol use (when controlling for covariates) suggest that heavy investment in gaming may protect against excessive alcohol use and alcohol-related harm. Possible explanations discussed for the inverse associations include high-level gamers having less available time to drink, intoxication being incompatible with gaming, and/or high-level gamers experiencing sufficient satisfaction/escape and social bonding by gaming, hence having less need for alcohol.
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- Eilin K. Erevik
- Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, PO Box 7807, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, PO Box 7807, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Social Studies, University of Stavanger, PO Box 8600, Forus, 4036 Stavanger, Norway
- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, PO Box 7807, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, PO Box 7807, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 973, Sentrum, 5808 Bergen, Norway
- Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, PO Box 8905, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, PO Box 7807, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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Elgàn TH, Durbeej N, Gripenberg J. Breath alcohol concentration, hazardous drinking and preloading among Swedish university students. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2019; 36:430-441. [PMID: 32934577 PMCID: PMC7434137 DOI: 10.1177/1455072519863545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Approximately half of all young adults in Sweden are university students, and alcohol consumption is often a central part of students' social lives. Heavy drinking is associated with negative consequences, such as poor study skills, sexual risk-taking, violence and accidents. The aim of the present study is to assess the levels of alcohol intoxication as well as hazardous alcohol use among students at Swedish universities. METHODS In an alcohol field study, students (≥18 years old) were randomly selected and invited to participate. The settings were eight different parties at four universities in Sweden. Alcohol intoxication was measured using a breath analyser for breath alcohol concentration (BrAC). Demographic data (i.e., sex, age, number of years at the university) and responses to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) were gathered through face-to-face interviews for the assessment of hazardous alcohol use. RESULTS In total, 723 students were invited to participate, 605 of whom consented (84% response rate). The mean age of the respondents was 22.2 years, and the proportion of women was 37%. A majority of the respondents (91%) reported drinking before arriving at the parties. Among those who had consumed alcohol before arriving, the average BrAC was 0.086%, and 36% had BrACs of 0.100% or more. The proportion of students reporting hazardous use was 86% for women and 87% for men. CONCLUSIONS This study provides the actual levels of intoxication among university students in four different cities. Alcohol intoxication and hazardous use among Swedish university students is a concern, and the university setting is an important arena for implementation of alcohol prevention strategies.
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- Tobias H Elgàn
- STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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- STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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- STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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Linden-Carmichael AN, Russell MA, Lanza ST. Flexibly modeling alcohol use disorder risk: How many drinks should we count? PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS 2018; 33:50-57. [PMID: 30589310 DOI: 10.1037/adb0000431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Previous research has called the validity of the commonly used 4 +/5 + (women/men, respectively) definition for heavy episodic drinking (HED) into question. This definition does not allow researchers to capture the considerable heterogeneity among heavy, "at risk" drinkers. Spline regression methods were used to identify a flattening in the curve in the relationship between number of drinks consumed and prevalence of past-year alcohol use disorder (AUD). This analysis could identify the number of drinks above which no significant additional risk for AUD is conferred. Data were from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III. The analytic sample consisted of young adult past-year drinkers (n = 6,422). Sex-specific drinking thresholds varied as a function of the number of drinks consumed during past-year typical and heaviest drinking occasions. For typical drinking, the risk for AUD continued to increase through approximately 10 (women) and 11 (men) drinks, after which AUD risk remained constant. That is, young adult drinkers experienced incremental risk for AUD through approximately a typical amount of 10 drinks, after which the risk for AUD plateaued. For heaviest drinking occasion, risk for AUD continued to increase for men and tapered for women around 14 drinks. There is incremental information gained at each level of drinking in predicting AUD, well beyond the traditional 4 +/5 + HED thresholds. Relying solely on this threshold may limit the understanding of serious harms that many young adults who drink at higher levels can experience. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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Labhart F, Livingston M, Engels R, Kuntsche E. After how many drinks does someone experience acute consequences-determining thresholds for binge drinking based on two event-level studies. Addiction 2018; 113:2235-2244. [PMID: 29920837 DOI: 10.1111/add.14370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The threshold of 4+/5+ drinks per occasion has been used for decades in alcohol research to distinguish between non-risky versus risky episodic drinking. However, no study has assessed the validity of this threshold using event-level data. This study aimed to determine the optimal thresholds for the detection of five acute alcohol-related consequences (hangover, blackout, risky sex, fights and injury) using data from two event-level studies. DESIGN An event-level study to assess the ability to use the number of drinks consumed to discriminate between nights with and without consequences using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve. Optimal thresholds were determined using the Youden Index based on sensitivity and specificity. Separate thresholds were estimated for gender and age groups (16-17 versus 18-25). SETTING Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS Three hundred and sixty-nine participants aged 16-25 years. MEASUREMENTS On 3554 weekend nights, participants reported total number of alcoholic drinks consumed the previous night and acute consequences (hangover, blackout, risky sex, fights and injury) FINDINGS: Hangover was the most frequently reported consequence and injury the least for both genders. Throughout age groups and studies, optimal thresholds for any consequence, and for hangover only, were equal to 4+/5+ (40+/50+ g alcohol) while those for blackouts, risky sex, fights and injuries were up to three drinks higher. Adolescents tended to experience consequences more often and at slightly lower drinking levels than did adults. For all consequences but injuries, the optimal thresholds were one to two drinks lower for women than for men. CONCLUSIONS Event-level data collection techniques appear particularly suitable to estimate thresholds at which acute alcohol-related consequences occur. Binge drinking thresholds of 4+/5+ (women/men) drinks, equivalent to 40+/50+ g pure alcohol, predict the occurrence of consequences accurately in general but are too low to predict severe acute alcohol-related consequences.
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- Florian Labhart
- Addiction Switzerland, Research Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Idiap Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.,Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.,Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Faculty of Education and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Ames ME, Leadbeater BJ. Depressive symptom trajectories and physical health: Persistence of problems from adolescence to young adulthood. J Affect Disord 2018; 240:121-129. [PMID: 30064077 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND We examine how depressive symptom trajectories are related to adolescent and young adult subjective health, health-promoting, health-risk, and sexual risk behaviors, as well as cardiometabolic risks. METHOD Data came from a community-based sample of youth (N = 662; 52% female) followed biannually, six times across 10 years. Latent class growth analysis identified four depressive symptom trajectories which were compared on adolescent (T1; ages 12-18) and young adult (T6; ages 22-29) health indicators. RESULTS The Low stable trajectory (49%) showed the fewest health risks. The Persistent high trajectory (9%) reported higher physical symptoms, lower physical self-concept, less physical activity and sleep, and higher rates of smoking and sexual risk behaviors than the Low stable trajectory and risks for physical symptoms, physical self-concept, and physical activity worsened in young adulthood. Increasers (21%) showed risks for physical symptoms, physical activity, and sleep in adolescence and problems for physical symptoms and physical self-concept persisted in young adulthood. Decreasers (22%) showed risks for physical symptoms, physical self-concept, physical activity, and sleep in adolescence but these risks resolved into young adulthood. LIMITATIONS Findings may not generalize to ethnic minorities. Sex differences were not examined due to sample size limitations and most variables, except cardiometabolic risks, were self-reported. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest early treatment of depressive symptoms that includes strategies addressing physical symptoms, physical self-concept, and physical activity may prove beneficial. Screening youth for physical symptoms and declines in health-promoting behaviors may also identify youth at risk of depression onset and progression.
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- Megan E Ames
- Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Cornett Building B323, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Cornett Building B323, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada
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Fuller A, Fleming KM, Szatkowski L, Bains M. Nature of events and alcohol-related content in marketing materials at a university freshers' fair: a summative content analysis. J Public Health (Oxf) 2018; 40:e320-e327. [PMID: 29253185 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdx181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction The transition to university is a potentially influential time upon students' drinking behaviour. This study explored the nature of activities and alcohol-related content in marketing materials from student-led societies and local businesses provided to students, at a university freshers' fair in the UK. Methods All marketing materials handed out at the fair were collected across the 5-day event in September 2015. Written and visual content was analysed using a summative qualitative content analysis. Results Most student-led societies promoted social events they were hosting (n = 530), most of which took place in a drinking venue or referred to drinking (n = 335). Only four explicitly alcohol-free events were promoted. Student-led societies also promoted activities relating to their interest, e.g. sports training (n = 519), a small proportion of which had references to drinking and drinking venues (n = 54). Three societies provided promotional handouts from local bars or nightclubs. Local bars, pubs and nightclubs promoted events they hosted (n = 81) as well as alcoholic drink promotions (n = 79) and alcohol branded advertising (n = 22), albeit infrequently for the latter. Conclusions In the first week of university, students are exposed to alcohol-related events, promotions and advertising, which may act as an incentive to participate in drinking.
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- A Fuller
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Policy, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Chavarria J, Rueger SY, King AC. Hangover in Post-College-Aged Drinkers: Psychometric Properties of the Hangover Symptom Scale (HSS) and the Hangover Symptom Scale-Short Form (HSS-5). Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2018; 42:1122-1131. [PMID: 29660151 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol hangovers have been found to be a common and costly consequence of alcohol misuse. However, there is only limited psychometric support for instruments to accurately measure hangovers beyond the college-age years. This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Hangover Symptom Scale (HSS) and the Hangover Symptom Scale-Short Form (HSS-5) including the internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity, construct validity, and the measurement invariance of these scales between light and heavy drinkers, individuals with a positive and negative family history of alcohol use disorder (AUD), and men and women in a post-college-aged sample. The association of the HSS and HSS-5 with alcohol use problems was also tested. METHODS Participants were 294 nonalcoholic light and heavy social drinkers (age range 21 to 35 years; 57.8% male) enrolled in the Chicago Social Drinking Project. They completed the HSS as part of a take-home packet completed outside of the laboratory. The psychometric properties of the HSS and HSS-5 were tested. RESULTS Stronger psychometric support was found for the HSS-5 relative to the full HSS. While both measures demonstrated strong internal consistency reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, and an association with alcohol use problems, only the HSS-5 showed construct validity as determined by confirmatory factor analysis. Further, only the HSS-5 showed measurement invariance between men and women, light and heavy drinkers, and individuals with a positive and negative family history of AUD. CONCLUSIONS This was the first study to examine the psychometric properties of the HSS and HSS-5 in a post-college-aged sample and the first to investigate the measurement invariance of these measures as a function of sex, drinking history, and family history of AUD. This study supports the use of the HSS-5 as a reliable and valid brief measure of frequency of hangover symptoms.
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- Jesus Chavarria
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Psychology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Dhungana RR, Thapa P, Devkota S, Banik PC, Gurung Y, Mumu SJ, Shayami A, Ali L. Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors: A community-based cross-sectional study in a peri-urban community of Kathmandu, Nepal. Indian Heart J 2018; 70 Suppl 3:S20-S27. [PMID: 30595258 PMCID: PMC6309148 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background As a low-income country, Nepal is experiencing cardiovascular diseases as an emerging health problem. However, studies are lacking on the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in peri-urban communities; where the socio-demographical transition is in progress. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the prevalence and socio-demographic distribution of cardiovascular disease risk factors in one of the peri-urban communities in Kathmandu, Nepal. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in Sitapaila Village Development Committee, Kathmandu from February 2014 to February 2015. Altogether, 347 adults from 18 to 70 years of age were selected randomly. Data were collected through modified WHO STEPS questionnaire for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors survey and analyzed in SPSS V.16.0 software. Results Mean age of the participant was 42.5 ± 13.2 years. Majority of them were female (n = 206; 59.4%), one-third (34%) represented Brahman and Chetri, and over a quarter (29.1%) did not attend school. Cardiovascular disease risk factors included smoking (17.6%), alcohol consumption (29.4%), insufficient fruit and vegetables intake (98%), insufficient physical activity (21.0%), obesity (15.3%), hypertension (34.4%), diabetes (10.5%), and high triglyceride levels (10.8%). They were significantly associated with different socio-demographic characteristics: smoking with gender, age groups and education level; alcohol consumption was with gender, age groups, ethnicity and occupation; insufficient physical activity with gender, age groups and occupation; hypertension with gender, age groups, ethnicity, education level and occupation. Conclusion A high prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and their disproportional distribution among the study population indicated an inevitable risk of cardiovascular events in near future.
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- Raja Ram Dhungana
- Nepal Family Development Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Manmohan Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Transplant Centre, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Nepal Family Development Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Manmohan Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Transplant Centre, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Chung T, Creswell KG, Bachrach R, Clark DB, Martin CS. Adolescent Binge Drinking. Alcohol Res 2018; 39:5-15. [PMID: 30557142 PMCID: PMC6104966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Binge drinking, commonly defined as consuming five or more standard drinks per occasion for men and four or more drinks for women, typically begins in adolescence. Adolescents, although they may drink less often, tend to consume higher quantities of alcohol per occasion compared with adults. This developmental difference in pattern of alcohol consumption may result, in part, from maturational changes that involve an adolescent-specific sensitivity to certain alcohol effects and greater propensity for risk-taking behaviors, such as binge drinking. Adolescent binge drinking is associated with a range of acute alcohol-related harms, some of which may persist into adulthood. The prevalence of binge drinking, including high-intensity drinking (i.e., 10 or more and 15 or more drinks per occasion), has declined among adolescents in recent years. Overall, however, the proportion of youth who engage in binge drinking remains high. This article reviews the definition and prevalence of binge drinking in adolescence, trajectories of binge drinking and their correlates, and implications for prevention.
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High-Intensity Drinking. Alcohol Res 2018; 39:49-55. [PMID: 30557148 PMCID: PMC6104968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Binge drinking thresholds have long been set at four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men over the course of a few hours. However, a significant number of people regularly consume much higher amounts of alcohol: double or even triple the standard binge drinking threshold. Researchers have begun to distinguish between typical binge drinking and this kind of "high-intensity drinking," which is common among certain types of binge drinkers and is often associated with special occasions, including holidays, sporting events, and, notably, 21st birthdays. To understand the social and physical influences of alcohol consumption, it is important for researchers to set standard definitions for high-intensity drinking and distinguish it from other types of alcohol use.
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Swaim RC, Stanley LR. Effects of Family Conflict and Anger on Alcohol Use Among American Indian Students: Mediating Effects of Outcome Expectancies. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2018; 79:102-110. [PMID: 29227238 PMCID: PMC9798485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Identification of etiologic mechanisms underlying alcohol use among American Indian adolescents is essential because of higher rates of use and earlier initiation. One path links positive outcome expectancies to increased use for reduction of negative affect. This study estimates relationships between two aspects of distress among American Indian high school students-family conflict and anger-and alcohol involvement, and it investigates whether outcome expectancies serve as a mediator between these facets of distress and alcohol use. METHOD Structural equation modeling evaluated study hypotheses among 975 female and 936 male American Indian 9th- through 12th-grade students residing on or near reservations. Students were from 17 high schools recruited across six geographic regions where American Indians on reservations reside. Separate models were assessed for male and female students. RESULTS Outcome expectancies mediated the relationship between both anger and family conflict for female students, but only for anger among male students. Full mediation was found for all significant effects. CONCLUSIONS For female American Indian high school students, anger and family conflict operate in large degree through outcome expectancies for alcohol use. A similar effect is found for male students for anger.
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- Randall C. Swaim
- Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Department of Psychology, College of Natural Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado,Correspondence may be sent to Randall C. Swaim at the Tri-Ethnic Center for prevention Research, Department of psychology, Colorado State University, 106 Sage Hall, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1879, or via email at:
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- Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Department of Psychology, College of Natural Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Iwamoto DK, Corbin W, Takamatsu S, Castellanos J. The association between multidimensional feminine norms, binge drinking and alcohol-related problems among young adult college women. Addict Behav 2018; 76:243-249. [PMID: 28865362 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Alcohol consumption among women has steadily increased over the past 30years, and women's drinking behavior is now similar to that of men's. The escalation of alcohol use among women highlights the critical need to examine gender issues and motivational factors that contribute to binge drinking and related problems within this population. Feminine norms or the socially constructed beliefs, messages and attitudes about what it means to be a woman may contribute to within-group differences in drinking patterns among women. The current study examined the relationship between multidimensional feminine norms and binge drinking and alcohol-related problems among 1910 college women. Participants completed a self-report measure of binge drinking, alcohol-related problems, conformity to feminine norms, alcohol expectancies and descriptive norms. Controlling for the covariates descriptive norms, positive alcohol expectancies, and sorority membership, adherence to feminine norms related to sexual fidelity and belief that one needs to be sweet and nice were negatively associated to binge drinking, while adhering to investment in appearance was positively associated to binge drinking and alcohol-related problems. Distinct feminine norms also had a significant indirect effect on alcohol-related problems through binge drinking. This study significant contributes to the literature by elucidating the theoretically gender-relevant risk and protective aspects of feminine norms in relation to binge drinking and related problems, and provides important information that might be used in clinical and prevention efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm among a vulnerable group: college women.
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Rossheim ME, Stephenson CJ, Thombs DL, Livingston MD, Walters ST, Suzuki S, Barry AE, Weiler RM. Characteristics of drinking events associated with heavy episodic drinking among adolescents in the United States. Drug Alcohol Depend 2017; 181:50-57. [PMID: 29032025 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine associations between characteristics of drinking events and the quantity of alcohol consumed by adolescents in the United States. METHODS Analyses relied on 2011-2015 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The study sample included 8110 adolescents, ages 12-17years old, who drank alcohol in the past 30days. A logistic regression model, weighted for national estimation, was constructed to examine factors associated with heavy episodic drinking (HED; 5+ drinks for males, 4+ drinks for females) during the underage drinker's most recent drinking event. These models were adjusted for study year and individual characteristics, including past year drinking frequency, age of drinking onset, and demographic variables. RESULTS Buying alcohol off-premise or from another person and being given alcohol from non-parent social sources were associated with greater odds of HED compared to being given alcohol by one of their parents. Drinking alcohol at someone else's house or multiple locations were associated with heavier alcohol consumption compared to drinking at one's own home. Being older and an earlier age of alcohol onset were associated with greater odds of HED. CONCLUSIONS This study identifies contextual factors associated with HED by adolescents. Compared to global association studies, the findings from these event-specific analyses provide strong evidence of the environmental conditions that contribute to HED in American adolescents. Although no level of alcohol consumption is safe for adolescents, knowledge of event-level risk factors can inform targeted interventions.
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- Matthew E Rossheim
- Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
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- Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
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- Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
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Erevik EK, Pallesen S, Vedaa Ø, Andreassen CS, Torsheim T. Alcohol use among Norwegian students: Demographics, personality and psychological health correlates of drinking patterns. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2017; 34:415-429. [PMID: 32934502 PMCID: PMC7450855 DOI: 10.1177/1455072517709918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AIMS This study investigates demographic, personality, and psychological health correlates of different drinking patterns. DESIGN Students at the four largest institutions of higher education in Bergen municipality were invited via email to complete an internet-based questionnaire. The final sample size was 11,236 (39.4%), mean age 24.9 years (SD = 6.5), and 63.3% were women. The survey included the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and questions about demographics, personality traits, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Binary logistic regressions were used to identify correlates of different drinking patterns. RESULTS A total of 53.0% of the students had an AUDIT score of or above 8 (i.e., hazardous drinking). Being native Norwegian, male, single, without children, non-religious, extroverted, unconscientious, and less open to experience were associated with higher AUDIT scores, drinking frequently, and binge drinking. Having parents with high alcohol or drug use increased the odds of engaging in binge drinking, but this factor was not associated with frequent drinking. Students scoring higher on neuroticism and openness were less likely to report problematic alcohol usage. CONCLUSIONS A majority of the students reported alcohol habits that are associated with harm if they persist. This emphasises the need to examine the long-term consequences of students' alcohol use.
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- University of Bergen, Norway
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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Ogedengbe OO, Naidu ECS, Azu OO. Antiretroviral Therapy and Alcohol Interactions: X-raying Testicular and Seminal Parameters Under the HAART Era. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2017; 43:121-135. [DOI: 10.1007/s13318-017-0438-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Terry-McElrath YM, Stern SA, Patrick ME. Do alcohol use reasons and contexts differentiate adolescent high-intensity drinking? Data from U.S. high school seniors, 2005-2016. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS 2017; 31:775-785. [PMID: 28933869 DOI: 10.1037/adb0000314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to examine associations between (a) self-reported reasons for and contexts of alcohol use and (b) high-intensity drinking (i.e., having 10+ drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks) among national samples of U.S. 12th grade students. Data were obtained from 16,902 students who reported any past 12-month alcohol use from nationally representative annual 12th grade student samples from 2005-2016. When asked about drinking behavior during the past 2 weeks, 72% reported consuming less than 5 drinks at most during 1 drinking occasion; 14% reported 5-9 drinks, 7% reported 10-14 drinks, and 7% reported 15+ drinks. Adolescent drinkers in all categories (<5, 5-9, 10-14, and 15+ drinks) endorsed "to have a good time" as the most prevalent reason for alcohol use, and "at a party" as the most prevalent context of alcohol use. However, high-intensity drinking was particularly likely among adolescents drinking for coping, compulsive use, and drug effect reasons, as well as those who enjoyed the taste. Having 15+ drinks (vs. 10-14 drinks) was particularly associated with compulsive use and enjoying the taste. The relative risk of any high-intensity drinking, and of higher levels of high-intensity drinking involvement, increased with the total number of reasons and contexts endorsed. Alcohol appears to serve a larger number of functions for high-intensity drinking adolescents than non-high-intensity drinking youth. (PsycINFO Database Record
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McCabe SE, Veliz P, Patrick ME. High-intensity drinking and nonmedical use of prescription drugs: Results from a national survey of 12th grade students. Drug Alcohol Depend 2017; 178:372-379. [PMID: 28704765 PMCID: PMC5580264 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nearly 10% of U.S. 12th graders report high-intensity drinking (10+ or 15+ drinks in a row), but the extent to which these drinkers also engage in nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is largely unknown. This study examined the associations between different thresholds of past two-week high-intensity drinking and past-month NMUPD among U.S. 12th graders. METHODS The sample consisted of eleven nationally representative cross-sections of 12th graders in the Monitoring the Future study (2005-2015) who answered questions on past two-week drinking behaviors and past-month nonmedical use of prescription opioids, sedative, stimulants, and tranquilizers (N=26,502 respondents). RESULTS High-intensity drinking during the past two-weeks was associated with an increased risk of past-month NMUPD. The odds of NMUPD were four times larger among 12th graders who indicated drinking 15 or more drinks on at least one occasion (AOR=4.43, 95% CI=3.18, 5.01) relative to those who had 0-4 drinks during the past two-weeks, after adjusting for relevant covariates. These associations were similar across different classes of prescription drugs and tended to be stronger among non-white respondents. A sub-analysis revealed simultaneous co-ingestion of alcohol and NMUPD was more prevalent among high-intensity drinkers. CONCLUSIONS More than 1 in every 4 U.S 12th graders who engage in high-intensity drinking (15+ drinks in a row) also report NMUPD. Given the greater likelihood of simultaneous co-ingestion of alcohol and prescription drugs among high-intensity drinkers, adolescent substance use interventions need to address the risks associated with mixing alcohol and prescription drugs.
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- Sean Esteban McCabe
- University of Michigan, Substance Abuse Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 48109,University of Michigan, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 48109
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- University of Michigan, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 1136 Lane Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 48106
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Piasecki TM, Trela CJ, Mermelstein RJ. Hangover Symptoms, Heavy Episodic Drinking, and Depression in Young Adults: A Cross-Lagged Analysis. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2017; 78:580-587. [PMID: 28728640 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine associations between symptoms of alcohol hangover and depression, both cross-sectionally and prospectively. METHOD Data were from a survey of young adults (N = 986, 60% female) initially recruited as part of an observational study of youth smoking. Participants reported past-year hangover symptoms, past-year frequency of heavy episodic drinking (HED), and past-week depression symptoms on two occasions separated by 1 year. Path analysis was used to evaluate prospective, directional associations linking symptoms of depression and hangover after taking into account their stabilities and cross-sectional associations. Individual differences in HED frequency were accounted for to permit interpretation of residual hangover score variance in terms of susceptibility to hangover effects. RESULTS Past-week depression and past-year hangover symptoms were associated at Time 1. Path analysis indicated that Time 1 depression symptoms were associated with elevated hangover symptoms a year later at Time 2. In contrast, Time 1 hangover symptoms did not predict future depression. CONCLUSIONS Depression symptoms are associated with current and future hangover susceptibility. Hangover and depression overlap symptomatically and are empirically associated with one another, suggesting the possibility that common underlying causal mechanisms may contribute to both phenomena.
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- Thomas M Piasecki
- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Psychology and Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Lundin A, Danielsson AK, Hallgren M, Torgén M. Effect of Screening and Advising on Alcohol Habits in Sweden: A Repeated Population Survey Following Nationwide Implementation of Screening and Brief Intervention. Alcohol Alcohol 2017; 52:190-196. [PMID: 28182210 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agw086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Andreas Lundin
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Pearson MR, Bravo AJ, Kirouac M, Witkiewitz K. The search for an elusive cutoff remains: Problems of binary classification of heavy drinking as an endpoint for alcohol clinical trials. Drug Alcohol Depend 2017; 171:91-96. [PMID: 28038361 PMCID: PMC5262813 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND To examine whether a clinically meaningful alcohol consumption cutoff can be created for clinical samples, we used receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves to derive gender-specific consumption cutoffs that maximized sensitivity and specificity in the prediction of a wide range of negative consequences from drinking. METHODS We conducted secondary data analyses using data from two large clinical trials targeting alcohol use disorders: Project MATCH (n=1726) and COMBINE (n=1383). RESULTS In both studies, we found that the ideal cutoff for men and women that maximized sensitivity/specificity varied substantially both across different alcohol consumption variables and alcohol consequence outcomes. Further, the levels of sensitivity/specificity were poor across all consequences. CONCLUSIONS These results fail to provide support for a clinically meaningful alcohol consumption cutoff and suggest that binary classification of levels of alcohol consumption is a poor proxy for maximizing sensitivity/specificity in the prediction of negative consequences from drinking. Future research examining consumption-consequence associations should take advantage of continuous measures of alcohol consumption and alternative approaches for assessing the link between levels of consumption and consequences (e.g., ecological momentary assessment). Clinical researchers should consider focusing more directly on the consequences they aim to reduce instead of relying on consumption as a proxy for more clinically meaningful outcomes.
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- Matthew R Pearson
- Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Blvd SE MSC 11-6280, Albuquerque, NM 87106, United States.
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- Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Blvd SE MSC 11-6280, Albuquerque, NM 87106, United States.
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- Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Blvd SE MSC 11-6280, Albuquerque, NM 87106, United States; Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, United States.
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- Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Blvd SE MSC 11-6280, Albuquerque, NM 87106, United States; Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, United States.
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Patrick ME. A Call for Research on High-Intensity Alcohol Use. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2016; 40:256-9. [PMID: 26842244 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Megan E Patrick
- Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Wells S, De Wit DJ, Elton-Marshall T. Settling the score: moving beyond the 5/4 criterion debate. Addiction 2016; 111:1728-9. [PMID: 26929127 DOI: 10.1111/add.13279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Samantha Wells
- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .,Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. .,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. .,School of Psychology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
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- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,School of Health Studies, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Carey KB, Miller MB. One size should not fit all, so use the right tool for the job. Addiction 2016; 111:1729-31. [PMID: 26929136 PMCID: PMC7220028 DOI: 10.1111/add.13283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The 4/5+ criterion for heavy drinking has limited validity as an index of treatment efficacy, and use of continuous and multi-dimensional measures of outcome are recommended. The 4/5+ criterion continues to be a useful indicator of alcohol-related risk for screening and prevention.
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- Kate B. Carey
- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Brown University School of Public Health; Box G-S121-5 Providence RI 02912 USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Brown University School of Public Health; Box G-S121-5 Providence RI 02912 USA
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Pearson MR, Kirouac M, Witkiewitz K. Questioning the validity of the 4+/5+ binge or heavy drinking criterion in college and clinical populations. Addiction 2016; 111:1720-6. [PMID: 27605077 PMCID: PMC5017312 DOI: 10.1111/add.13210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The terms 'binge drinking' and 'heavy drinking' are both operationalized typically as 4+/5+ standard drinks per occasion for women/men, and are used commonly as a proxy for non-problematic (<4/<5) versus problematic (4+/5+) drinking in multiple research contexts. The Food and Drug Administration in the United States recently proposed the 4+/5+ criterion as a primary efficacy end-point in their guidance for trials examining new medications for alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Internationally, similar cut-offs have been proposed, with the European Medicines Agency having identified reductions in the number of heavy drinking days (defined as 40/60 g pure alcohol in women/men) as a primary end-point for efficacy trials with a harm reduction goal. ANALYSIS AND EVIDENCE We question the validity of the 4+/5+ cut-off (and other similar cut-offs) on multiple accounts. The 4+/5+ cut-off has not been shown to have unique predictive validity or clinical utility. The cut-off has been created based on retrospective self-reports and its use demonstrates ecological bias. Given strong evidence that the relationship between alcohol consumption and problems related to drinking is at least monotonic, if not linear, there is little existing evidence to support the 4+/5+ cut-off as a valid marker of problematic alcohol use. CONCLUSIONS There is little empirical evidence for the 4+/5+ standard drinks per occasion threshold for 'binge' or 'heavy' drinking in indexing treatment efficacy. Further consideration of an appropriate threshold seems to be warranted.
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- Matthew R. Pearson
- Corresponding Author: Matthew R. Pearson, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Blvd SE, MSC 11-6280, Albuquerque, NM 87106. , Phone: 1-505-925-2322
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White HR, Anderson KG, Ray AE, Mun EY. Do drinking motives distinguish extreme drinking college students from their peers? Addict Behav 2016; 60:213-8. [PMID: 27163187 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The literature highlights the need to move beyond the traditional heavy episodic ("binge") drinking criteria when trying to identify at-risk college drinkers. Thus, recent attention has focused on more extreme levels of drinking. This study examines whether drinking motives can distinguish college student extreme drinkers from lighter drinkers. METHOD We used data from 3518 college student current drinkers (63.4% women) who participated in eight different studies at five different college campuses across the United States; a subsample of these students was followed up at 6months post-baseline. At baseline and follow-up, drinkers were divided into three groups: nonbinge drinkers (<4 drinks for women and 5 for men on their maximum drinking occasion), binge drinkers (4-7 drinks for women; 5-9 for men), and extreme drinkers (8+ for women and 10+ for men). RESULTS At baseline, extreme drinkers, compared to nonbinge and binge drinkers, reported greater social, enhancement, and coping motives, as well as greater quantity and frequency of drinking per week and more alcohol-related problems. Those who were not extreme drinkers at baseline and later became extreme drinkers at follow-up reported significantly greater increases in social and enhancement motives, compared to those who remained nonextreme drinkers. Those who were extreme drinkers at baseline and reduced their drinking 6months later, compared to those who remained extreme drinkers, reported greater reductions in enhancement and coping motives. CONCLUSIONS Focusing on drinking motives might be an efficacious target for preventive intervention programs to reduce extreme drinking among college students.
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