Differential association of drinking motives with alcohol use on weekdays and weekends.

Abstract

Drinking motives (DM) reflect the reasons why individuals drink alcohol. Weekdays are mainly dedicated to work, whereas weekends are generally associated with spending time with friends during special events or leisure activities; using alcohol on weekdays and weekends may also be related to different DM. This study examined whether DM were differentially associated with drinking volume (DV) on weekdays and weekends. A representative sample of 5,391 young Swiss men completed a questionnaire assessing weekday and weekend DV, as well as their DM, namely enhancement, social, coping, and conformity motives. Associations of DM with weekday and weekend DV were examined using structural equation models (SEM). Each DM was tested individually in a separate model; all associations were positive and generally stronger (except conformity) for weekend rather than for weekday DV. Further specific patterns of association were found when DM were entered into a single model simultaneously. Associations with weekday and with weekend DV were positive for enhancement and coping motives. However, associations were stronger with weekend rather than weekday DV for enhancement, and stronger with weekday than weekend DV for coping motives. Associations of social motives were not significant with weekend DV and negative with weekday DV. Conformity motives were negatively associated with weekend DV and positively related to weekday DV. These results suggest that interventions targeting enhancement motives should be particularly effective to decrease weekend drinking, whereas interventions on coping motives would be particularly effective to reduce alcohol use on weekdays.

Desarrollo y validación de la versión corta del cuestionario sobre expectativas de los efectos del alcohol (EQ-SF)

“…También cabe mencionar que los resultados anteriores sobre EA y diferentes patrones de uso de alcohol durante la semana y en fin de semana se obtuvieron, en parte, con esta misma muestra (Camacho et al, 2013;Ibáñez et al, 2015;Mezquita et al, 2015). De todas maneras, otros estudios sobre variables relacionadas, tales como los motivos por los cuales uno bebe, también han mostrado asociaciones más altas entre los motivos para beber y las UBEs en fin de semana que con las UBEs entre semana en muestras de adolescentes (Mezquita et al, 2018) y de adultos (Mezquita, Ibáñez, Moya, Villa, y Ortet, 2014;Studer et al, 2014). Conjuntamente, dichos hallazgos sugieren que cuando se consumen grandes cantidades de alcohol en fin de semana, las EA sobre los efectos positivos del uso de alcohol y las motivaciones hacia experimentar dichos efectos pueden jugar un papel destacable en la decisión de beber.…”

Estudio transcultural del modelo de cinco factores de motivos de consumo de alcohol en universitarios españoles y canadienses

“…La inclusión del consumo por atracón y de otras variables, tales como problemas relacionados con el alcohol, consumo de alcohol entre semana, y consumo de alcohol los fines de semana también sería relevante, especialmente en lo que respecta a los motivos internos del consumo de alcohol, ya que estudios previos han encontrado que los motivos de afrontamiento de la ansiedad, de afrontamiento de la depresión y de animación se relacionan de manera diferente con dichas variables (Mezquita et al, 2011;Mezquita, Ibáñez, Moya, Villa y Ortet, 2014;Studer et al, 2014).…”

Conceptualizing and Measuring Weekend versus Weekday Alcohol Use: Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

“…The flexible weekends, representing an interlude to the structured routine of the weekdays, are conducive to behavioral excess and vices (Wood et al 2007). Commonly, weekends are viewed as a period to unwind, with these days exhibiting considerably higher rates of alcohol consumption than weekdays (Ekholm, Strandberg-Larsen, and Grønbæk 2011; Kuntsche and Cooper 2010; Studer et al 2014). A common method to escape the predictability and stressors of weekday life is by imbibing alcoholic beverages during the end of the week (Orcutt and Harvey 1991).…”