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Orom H, Ramer NE, Allard NC, McQueen A, Waters EA, Kiviniemi MT, Hay JL. Colorectal cancer information avoidance is associated with screening adherence. J Behav Med 2024; 47:504-514. [PMID: 38460064 DOI: 10.1007/s10865-024-00482-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer among U.S. men and women and the second deadliest. Effective screening modalities can either prevent CRC or find it earlier, but fewer than two thirds of U.S. adults are adherent to CRC screening guidelines. We tested whether people who defensively avoid CRC information have lower adherence to CRC screening recommendations and weaker intentions for being screened and whether CRC information avoidance adds predictive ability beyond known determinants of screening. Participants, aged 45-75 years, completed a survey about known structural determinants of CRC screening (healthcare coverage, healthcare use, provider recommendation), CRC information avoidance tendencies, and screening behavior (n = 887) and intentions (n = 425). Models were tested with multivariable regression and structural equation modeling (SEM). To the extent that participants avoided CRC information, they had lower odds of being adherent to CRC screening guidelines (OR = 0.55) and if non-adherent, less likely to intend to be screened (b=-0.50). In the SEM model, avoidance was negatively associated with each known structural determinant of screening and with lower screening adherence (ps < 0.01). Fit was significantly worse for nested SEM models when avoidance was not included, (i.e., the paths to avoidance were fixed to zero). Information avoidance was associated with screening behavior and other known structural determinants of screening adherence, potentially compounding its influence. Novel strategies are needed to reach avoiders, including health communication messaging that disrupts avoidance and interventions external to the healthcare system, with which avoiders are less engaged.
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- Heather Orom
- Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- School of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Ramer NE, Perhamus GR, Colder CR. Reinforcement sensitivity theory and externalizing problems across early adolescence: Testing within-person reciprocal associations. Dev Psychol 2024; 60:545-559. [PMID: 38190217 PMCID: PMC10922213 DOI: 10.1037/dev0001689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Temperament and externalizing problems are closely linked, but research on how they codevelop across adolescence remains sparse and equivocal. Reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) provides a useful framework for understanding temperament and externalizing problems associations. During adolescence, oppositional problems are posited to be linked to an overactive behavioral approach system (BAS) while conduct problems are linked to an underactive behavioral inhibition system (BIS). However, this research mostly uses adult samples and cross-sectional designs and tests only between-person associations. Moreover, most studies typically test only one direction of effects (i.e., temperament predicts externalizing problems) and do not consider alternative models of associations, such as reciprocal associations. To address these limitations, we use three annual waves of a longitudinal, community-based sample of 387 early adolescents (mean Wave 1 age = 11.61 years, 55% female, 83% non-Hispanic White) to test reciprocal associations between BIS and BAS and oppositional and conduct problems. Latent curve models with structured residuals are used to test hypotheses and disaggregate between- and within-person associations. Evidence supports within-person reciprocal associations between BAS and oppositional problems and between BIS and combined conduct and oppositional problems. Results potentially inform developmental theories of temperament and externalizing problems linkages and interventions with adolescents who are engaging in oppositional problems and more severe conduct problems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Nolan E. Ramer
- Department of Psychology, Park Hall Room 204. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425
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- Department of Psychology, Park Hall Room 204. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260
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- Department of Psychology, Park Hall Room 204. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260
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Ramer NE, Fox SE, Meisel SN, Kiss N, Page JL, Hopwood CJ, Colder CR. Variance Decomposition of the Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID) system: Assessing sources of influence and reliability of observations of parent-teen interactions. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0292304. [PMID: 37851633 PMCID: PMC10584132 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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The Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID) is an observational tool that measures warmth and dominance dynamics in real time and is sensitive to individual, dyadic, and contextual influences. Parent-adolescent interpersonal dynamics, which conceptually map onto parenting styles, are an integral part of positive adolescent adjustment and protect against risky outcomes. The current study's goal was to test the degree to which sources of influence on CAID data observed in a previous study of married couples generalize to a sample of parent-adolescent dyads. We examined data from ten raters who rated moment-to-moment warmth and dominance using CAID in a sample of 61 parent-adolescent dyads (N = 122) who were largely non-Hispanic White (62%) or African American (30%) based on parent report (adolescent M age = 14; 57% female). Dyads interacted in four different discussion segments (situations). We applied Generalizability Theory to delineate several sources of variance in CAID parameters and estimated within and between-person reliability. Results revealed a number of different influences, including the person, kinsperson (adolescent versus parent), dyad, rater, situation, and interactions among these factors, on ratings of parent-adolescent interpersonal behavior. These results largely replicate results from married couples, suggesting that the factors that influence ratings of interpersonal interactions largely generalize across sample types.
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- Nolan E. Ramer
- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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Ramer NE, Colder CR. Contextualizing Cannabis Implicit Associations: Consideration of Peers and Personality. Emerg Adulthood 2022; 10:581-594. [PMID: 36970728 PMCID: PMC10035208 DOI: 10.1177/21676968211021672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Implicit cannabis associations (ICAs) inconsistently predict cannabis use (CU), and little is known about their formation. Personality, behavioral approach and inhibition, were tested as predictors of ICAs, which in turn, was expected to predict CU (mediation). Peer context was tested as a moderator. METHOD Data were taken from three annual assessments of a larger longitudinal study. The community sample (314 emerging adults, mean age = 19.13, 54% female, 76% White/non-Hispanic at the first assessment) completed an ICA task and questionnaire assessments of CU, personality, and peer norms. RESULTS ICAs were positively associated with CU at high but not low levels of perceived peer approval/use. Behavioral inhibition was negatively associated ICAs, which in turn, predicted infrequent CU at high levels of peer approval/use (moderated mediation). Behavioral approach was marginally associated with ICAs. CONCLUSIONS Peer context and personality are important for understanding the formation of ICAs and their association with CU.
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- Nolan E. Ramer
- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY, USA
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Paige KJ, Egerton GA, Ramer NE, Page JL, Kiss N, Colder CR. The Acquired Preparedness Model of Cannabis Use in Emerging Adulthood: Comparing Within-Person and Between-Person Effects. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2022. [DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2022.83.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Katie J. Paige
- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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Paige KJ, Egerton GA, Ramer NE, Page JL, Kiss N, Colder CR. The Acquired Preparedness Model of Cannabis Use in Emerging Adulthood: Comparing Within-Person and Between-Person Effects. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2022; 83:430-438. [PMID: 35590184 PMCID: PMC9134999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The acquired preparedness model (APM) posits that high sensitivity to reward biases individuals to learn and maintain positive outcome expectancies, which in turn increase substance use, and that high sensitivity to punishment biases individuals to learn and maintain negative outcome expectancies, decreasing use. Little work has applied the APM to cannabis use, particularly with longitudinal data and methods that separate within- and between-person associations. The current study addressed these gaps. METHOD The sample comprised 314 emerging adults (age range: 19.13-21.39 years; 52% female; predominantly non-Hispanic White [76%] or African American [15%]) recruited using random-digit dialing. Data were taken from three annual assessments. Latent curve models with structure residuals were used to distinguish between- and within-person associations. We controlled for bidirectional associations and demographic covariates. RESULTS At the between-person level, high sensitivity to reward was related to high positive expectancies and high cannabis use. High positive expectancies were associated with high cannabis use. High sensitivity to punishment was related to high negative expectancies and low cannabis use. No within-person associations were supported. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest a risk profile for emerging adult cannabis use involving high sensitivity to reward and positive expectancies and a protective profile involving high sensitivity to punishment and negative expectancies. However, our findings did not support the notion that the proposed learning processes unfold within individuals across annual assessments. Most notably, the findings emphasize the importance of disaggregating within- and between-person associations using a longitudinal design to better understand pathways to cannabis use in the developmental period of emerging adulthood.
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- Katie J. Paige
- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
- Correspondence may be sent to Katie J. Paige at the Department of Psychology, 359 Park Hall, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, or via email at:
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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Ramer NE, Colder CR. The moderating effects of alcohol use with and without parent permission on alcohol risk communication in early adolescence. Addict Behav 2022; 126:107174. [PMID: 34776304 PMCID: PMC10120918 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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The frequency of parental alcohol risk communication (ARC) is considered an integral component of socializing youth about alcohol, but the literature offers mixed findings on whether such communication is protective. Early adolescents' prior drinking experiences may moderate the effectiveness of ARC, but evidence for such an interaction is inconsistent. One limitation of this work considering prior drinking experience is that it has not distinguished drinking with versus without parental permission. Parents are one of the earliest sources of information about alcohol use and many parents view allowing adolescents to drink alcohol with permission as a harm reduction strategy, despite some work suggesting the opposite effect. Using a random effects multilevel regression, we tested the unique moderating effects of drinking with and without parental permission on the prospective association between alcohol risk communication and later drinking without parental permission. Adolescent and parent dyads completed 3 annual assessments (first assessment mean age = 12.6, 52% girls, 76% White/non-Hispanic). Results supported a three-way interaction. There was a modest protective effect of parental ARC on later adolescent drinking, but only for adolescents who had prior experience drinking both with and without parental permission. For all other combinations of prior drinking experience, parental communication was not prospectively related to later drinking. These results help clarify the mixed literature on alcohol communication and suggests that ARC may help reduce some of the risk associated with allowing youth to drink alcohol but only for youth who also have experience with alcohol outside of parental supervision.
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Paige KJ, Ramer NE, Colder CR. Developmental Cascade Effects of Maternal Depression on Offspring Substance Use Across Adolescence: Pathway Through Mother-Child Relationship Quality and Peer Deviancy. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2022; 50:933-944. [PMID: 35091870 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00893-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There is evidence that maternal depression can disrupt adolescent social development and trigger a risk cascade to adolescent substance use that involves poor quality mother-child relationships (Lovejoy et al., 2000) and affiliation with deviant peers (Visser et al., 2012). However, relatively little work has considered maternal depression as a catalyst for this risk pathway to adolescent substance use. The current study aims to clarify whether maternal depression has cascading effects to adolescent substance use through related developmental systems. Using structural equation modeling and bootstrapping for testing indirect effects, we tested the prospective association between maternal depression and middle adolescent substance use and whether poor mother-child relationship quality and peer deviancy mediated this relationship. We controlled for a variety of important cofounding variables. The sample included N = 338 adolescents (57% female; predominantly non-Hispanic Caucasian (83.14%) or African American (8.88%)) and mothers drawn from a larger nine-year longitudinal study of adolescent substance use. Data from wave 1 through wave 6 of the longitudinal project were utilized. The average age of adolescents was 11.6, 12.6, 13.6, 14.6, 15.5, and 16.6 at W1-W6, respectively. The indirect effect from maternal depression to substance use was supported (ab = 0.03, 95% CI [0.002, 0.07]). Findings emphasize that future work should more closely examine how maternal depression operates in developmental cascade models of adolescent substance use.
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- Katie J Paige
- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 359 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 359 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 359 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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Background: Contrary to parental alcohol use and expectancies work, little is known about how parent's cannabis use (CU) and expectancies influence offspring CU. This is a notable gap in the literature given increasing acceptability and use of cannabis, especially among emerging adults (EA). Moreover, limited work has tested mechanisms of transmission of risk from these parent factors. This study addresses these gaps by testing prospective associations of parental CU and expectancies with offspring CU and CU problems, and perceived parental approval of offspring CU as a potential mediator. Method: A community sample of 314 EA and caregiver dyads completed three annual assessments (mean age = 19.13). The sample was 54% female and majority White/non-Hispanic (76%). Caregivers reported on their cannabis expectancies and use, and EA reported on their CU, CU-related problems, and perceived parental approval of CU. Results: Longitudinal structural equation modeling supported a mediated pathway such that high parental positive cannabis expectancies were associated with perceived parental approval of CU, which in turn, predicted increases in EA CU and CU problems. Parental negative expectancies had a significant indirect effect but in the opposite direction. Indirect effects were found above and beyond parental CU, which was not associated with offspring CU. Conclusions: This is the first study to test prospective indirect effects of parental cannabis expectancies on offspring CU. Findings suggest parents' attitudes, even in the absence of parental use, confer risk for offspring use by shaping perceived acceptance of CU, suggesting parental expectancies as targets for parent-based CU interventions.
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- Nolan E Ramer
- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Ramer NE, Paige KJ, Colder CR. Alcohol-Specific Communication and Emerging Adult Offspring's Perceived Parental Approval and Drinking in the Context of Parent Alcohol Expectancies. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2020; 45:251-263. [PMID: 33232523 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are mixed findings in the literature regarding the association between parental alcohol communication and offspring alcohol use. To clarify this association, this study tested a prospective mediated moderation model in which the association between parental communication about the risks of alcohol use and emerging adult offspring drinking was mediated by offspring perceived parental approval of drinking. Parental alcohol expectancies and use were tested as moderators of the link between communication and perceived approval. METHOD The community sample of 378 emerging adult and caregiver dyads completed 3 annual assessments (first assessment mean age = 19.13). The sample was 54% female and majority White/non-Hispanic (76%). Caregivers reported on their own alcohol expectancies and use, and emerging adult offspring reported on parental communication of alcohol risks, perceived parental approval of drinking, and their own alcohol use. Multilevel modeling was used to test hypotheses. RESULTS Mediated moderation was largely supported. More frequent communication about the risks of drinking was prospectively associated with low levels of perceived parental approval of alcohol use, which in turn was associated with low levels of offspring drinking. This pathway depended on parental alcohol expectancies. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that including mediators (e.g., perceived approval of drinking) helps to clarify the mixed literature on parental communication about alcohol and that parental attitudes about alcohol can impact the effectiveness with which parents convey the risk of alcohol to offspring.
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- Nolan E Ramer
- From the, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- From the, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- From the, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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Oberlin BG, Carron CR, Ramer NE, Plawecki MH, O'Connor SJ, Kareken DA. Intoxication Effects on Impulsive Alcohol Choice in Heavy Drinkers: Correlation With Sensation Seeking and Differential Effects by Commodity. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2020; 45:204-214. [PMID: 33119917 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The preference for immediate rewards and high sensation seeking are both potent risk factors for alcohol use disorder (AUD), but how they interact during intoxication is poorly understood. To model decision making linked to AUD risk, we tested heavy drinkers for impulsive choice (delay discounting with alcohol:money or money:money) and behavioral sensation seeking using a novel odor choice task. Laboratory tasks measured actual behavior with real contingencies. Our goals were to determine, in heavy drinkers, (i) alcohol's effects on delay discounting, and (ii) how AUD risk factors relate to delay discounting, and (iii) how delay discounting with alcohol choices compares with strictly monetary choices. METHODS Thirty-five heavy drinkers (≥2 binges per month; age = 22.8 ± 2.2; 20 male; 5.8 ± 2.3 drinks/drinking day) performed cross-commodity discounting (CCD) of immediate alcohol vs. delayed money, a monetary delay discounting (DD), and behavioral sensation-seeking tasks. CCD and DD were performed while sober and during controlled alcohol infusion targeting 0.08 g/dl. The behavioral sensation-seeking task presented binary choices of odorants varying in intensity and novelty, and the risk of exposure to a malodorant. RESULTS CCD and DD behaviors were highly correlated across conditions, mean r = 0.64. Alcohol increased delayed reward preference in DD, p = 0.001, but did not alter mean CCD, p > 0.16. However, alcohol-induced changes in CCD correlated with behavioral sensation seeking, such that higher sensation seekers' immediate alcohol preference increased when intoxicated, p = 0.042; self-reported sensation seeking was uncorrelated, ps > 0.08. Behavioral sensation seeking also correlated with "want" alcohol following a priming dose targeting 0.035 g/dl, p = 0.021. CCD and DD did not correlate with self-reported drinking problems or other personality risk traits. CONCLUSIONS Alcohol increased impulsive alcohol choice in high sensation seekers, suggesting an interaction that may underlie impaired control of drinking, at least in a subset of heavy drinkers-consistent with models highlighting high novelty/sensation-seeking AUD subtypes. Discounting behavior overall appears to be a generalized process, and relatively stable across methods, repeated testing, and intoxication. These findings further support the utility of behavioral tasks in uncovering key behavioral phenotypes in AUD.
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- Brandon G Oberlin
- Department of Psychiatry (BGO, MHP, SJO, DAK), Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Neurology (BGO, CRC, DAK), IUSM, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Psychology (BGO, NER), Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Stark Neurosciences Research Institute (BGO, DAK), IUSM, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Neurology (BGO, CRC, DAK), IUSM, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Psychology (BGO, NER), Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry (BGO, MHP, SJO, DAK), Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry (BGO, MHP, SJO, DAK), Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry (BGO, MHP, SJO, DAK), Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Neurology (BGO, CRC, DAK), IUSM, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Stark Neurosciences Research Institute (BGO, DAK), IUSM, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (DAK), Center for Neuroimaging, IUSM, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Oberlin BG, Ramer NE, Bates SM, Shen YI, Myslinski JS, Kareken DA, Cyders MA. Quantifying Behavioral Sensation Seeking With the Aroma Choice Task. Assessment 2019; 27:873-886. [PMID: 31353921 DOI: 10.1177/1073191119864659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Our goal was to develop a behavioral measure of sensation seeking (SS). The Aroma Choice Task (ACT) assesses preference for an intense, novel, varied, and risky (exciting) option versus a mild, safe (boring) option using real-time odorant delivery. A total of 147 healthy young adults completed 40 binary choice trials. We examined (1) intensity and pleasantness of odorants, (2) stability of responding, (3) association with SS self-report, and (4) association with self-reported illicit drug use. Participants' preference for the "exciting" option versus the safe option was significantly associated with self-reported SS (p < .001) and illicit drug use (p = .041). Odorant ratings comported with their intended intensity. The ACT showed good internal, convergent, and criterion validity. We propose that the ACT might permit more objective SS assessment for investigating the biological bases of psychiatric conditions marked by high SS, particularly addiction. The ACT measures SS behaviorally, mitigating some self-report challenges and enabling real-time assessment, for example, for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
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- Brandon G Oberlin
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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