Approach and avoidance alcohol inclinations in heavy drinking college students: An ecological momentary assessment study

Gius, Becky K.; Schlauch, Robert C.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107080

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“…EMA has been extensively used to better understand drinking behaviors among general populations [ 47 , 48 ], including several studies that used EMA with college students to better understand binge drinking patterns and co-occurring behaviors, such as smoking and alcohol use [ 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 ]. This approach has also been used with high-risk populations, such as women with depression, to understand the role of affect on drinking patterns [ 57 ].…”

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Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Evaluate Alcohol Use with American Indian Women

Hanson,

Harris,

Gilbertson

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Background: Ecological momentary assessments (EMA) are one way to collect timely and accurate alcohol use data, as they involve signaling participants via cell phones to report on daily behaviors in real-time and in a participant’s natural environment. EMA has never been used with American Indian populations to evaluate alcohol consumption. The purpose of this project was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of EMA for American Indian women. Methods: Eligible participants were American Indian women between the ages of 18 and 44 who were not pregnant and had consumed more than one drink within the past month. All participants received a TracFone and weekly automated messages. Self-reported measures of daily quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, alcohol type, and context were assessed once per week for four weeks. Baseline measurements also included the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R) and the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL). Results: Fifteen participants were enrolled in the study. All but one participant completed all data collection time points, and drinking patterns were consistent across the study period. A total of 420 records were completed across 86 drinking days and 334 non-drinking days. Participants reported drinking an average of 5.7 days over the 30-day period and typically consumed 3.99 drinks per drinking occasion. Sixty-six percent of participants met gender-specific cut-points for heavy episodic drinking, with an average of 2.46 binge drinking occasions across the four week study period. Conclusions: This proof-of-concept project showed that EMA was both feasible and acceptable for collecting alcohol data from American Indian women. Additional studies are necessary to fully implement EMA with American Indian women to better understand the drinking motives, contexts, patterns, and risk factors in this population.

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