Playing Drinking Games as a Typical Form of Prepartying among Young Adults

Why Do University Students From Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina Play Drinking Games? A Mixed-Method Cross-Country Study

“…It is worth noting that the Affect Change motives that we identified in the present study appear to overlap with certain items (e.g., loosening up/ relaxing before going to a social event/gathering; increase one's self-confidence before going out) on the Preparty Motives Inventory (LaBrie et al, 2012), the Predrinking Motives Questionnaire (Labhart et al, 2017), the Pregaming Motives Measure (Bachrach et al, 2012), and the Argentinean-version of the Pregaming Motives Questionnaire (Pilatti & Read, 2018). In situations where emerging adults and university students are playing DGs while pregaming/predrinking (e.g., Ford et al, 2022;Hummer et al, 2013), it is possible that their motives or reasons to play DGs or pregame/predrink may intersect. Thus, when assessing students' motives or reasons for playing DG, researchers and practitioners could also consider motives for pregaming/predrinking as these two risky drinking practices can co-occur.…”

Pregaming potentiates risk between UPPS-P impulsivity and day-level drinking behavior: A test of person–environment transactions theory.

“…Pregaming may contribute to heavier drinking, at least in part, due to positively reinforcing outcomes associated with the behavior (Calhoun & Linden-Carmichael, 2022). In support, pregaming almost exclusively occurs in the presence of others (Read et al, 2010), and highly stimulating events, such as drinking games, are common on pregaming days (Borsari et al, 2007; Ford et al, 2022). Further, alcohol is consumed more rapidly when pregaming (Haas et al, 2012), and research suggests that a faster rate of consumption is positively associated with alcohol-related reward (e.g., Carpenter & Merrill, 2021).…”