Replication of factors related to blackout incidence in U.S. high school students: A brief report

Haas, Amie L.; Lorkiewicz, Sara A.; Zamboanga, Byron L.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.01.035

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“…This study also sought to characterize the high-risk subgroup of drinkers who intend to experience alcohol-induced blackout. Consistent with research on actual blackout experiences (Haas et al, 2019;Hingson et al, 2016;Schuckit et al, 2015), individuals reporting intentions to experience blackout tended to be those who frequently engage in heavy drinking and experience alcoholrelated consequences. Individuals reporting intentions to experience blackout also reported elevated symptoms of depression relative to those without blackout intentions.…”

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“…A better understanding of the correlates of blackout experiences is expected to facilitate selection of both (a) tailored intervention content and (b) individuals for whom interventions may be most effective. Relative to those who do not experience blackouts, individuals who experience blackouts tend to be female, European American, and heavy drinkers who initiated alcohol use at earlier ages and report comorbid substance use (Haas, Lorkiewicz, & Zamboanga, 2019; Haas et al, 2015; Mallett et al, 2017; Marino & Fromme, 2016; Schuckit, Smith, Goncalves, & Anthenelli, 2016; Schuckit et al, 2015; Schuckit et al, 2017). They also tend to report higher perceived prevalence rates and greater perceived approval of drinking among their peers, as well as stronger enhancement motives for drinking (e.g., because it’s fun, because you like the feeling; Merrill et al, 2016).…”

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Intentions and motives to experience alcohol-induced blackout among young adults in college.

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Merrill

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Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Blackouts are typically considered a negative consequence of alcohol use. Yet some college students report consuming alcohol with the intention of blacking out. This study examined intentions and motives for blackout drinking among young adults in college. College students with a past-year history of blackout (N ϭ 350, 56% female, 73% White) completed an anonymous online survey. Descriptive statistics were used to examine the incidence of blackout intentions, and individuals who did and did not report future blackout intentions were then compared on drinking patterns, depressive symptoms, social norms, and outcome expectancies. Overall, 135 participants (39%) reported consuming alcohol in the past 30 days with the intention of losing memory of the night's events, and 107 (31%) reported blackout intentions in the next 30 days. When asked (via open text box) to indicate their motives for past blackout intentions, the majority of participants provided responses that fit with coping, social, or enhancement drinking motives. A larger proportion of men than women reported blackout intentions. As a group, those reporting future blackout intentions reported heavier, more frequent, and more problematic drinking, as well as more symptoms of depression and more positive (but not negative) outcome expectancies. A substantial subset of college students reporting a blackout in the past year also endorsed intentions to experience a blackout in the next 30 days. Given strong associations between intentions and subsequent behavior, interventions targeting blackout styles of drinking are warranted. The extent to which "blackout" drinking motives differ from traditional drinking motives is unclear.

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Intentions and motives to experience alcohol-induced blackout among young adults in college.

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Merrill

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Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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“…Alcohol-related blackouts (ARBs) are a type of anterograde amnesia for details of a drinking event during which an individual is consciously interacting with their environment (2). ARBs are particularly common among younger drinkers, with approximately 35% of high school students reporting at least one past-year ARB and 50% of college students reporting at least one lifetime ARB (3)(4)(5)(6). Recent literature further suggests that ARBs are described as a neutral or positive experience, with some college students reporting drinking with the intention to blackout (7,8).…”

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A Longitudinal Examination of Alcohol-Related Blackouts as a Predictor of Changes in Learning, Memory, and Executive Function in Adolescents

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IntroductionIn adolescents, the relationship between alcohol-related blackouts (ARBs) and distinct cognitive changes lasting beyond intoxication is unclear. We examined ARBs as a predictor of persistent changes in the development of learning, memory, and executive function in participants from the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study.MethodsDescriptive analyses of the NCANDA sample (N = 831, 50.9% female, 12–21 years at baseline) identified ARB patterns within participants with an ARB history (n = 106). Latent growth curve modeling evaluated ARB-related performance changes on four neuropsychological measures across five years, excluding baseline data to reduce the magnitude of practice effects over time (n = 790). Measures included the Penn Conditional Exclusion Test (PCET), Penn Letter N-back Test (PLBT), Penn Facial Memory Test immediate (PFMTi), and delayed (PFMTd) recognition trials, and the Rey Complex Figure Test copy (RCFTc), immediate recall (RCFTi), and delayed recall (RCFTd) trials. Multivariate models were fit for raw accuracy scores from each measure, with ARB history (i.e., presence of past-year ARBs) as the main independent variable. Age, sex, race, socioeconomic status, assessment site, and alcohol use (i.e., past-year frequency) were included as covariates. Interaction effects between ARB history and alcohol use frequency were tested.ResultsBy year five, 16% of participants had experienced at least one ARB (59% of whom reported > 1 ARB and 57% of whom had an ARB lasting > 1 h). After controlling for demographics and alcohol use, ARB history predicted attenuated PFMTd performance growth at year one. Interaction effects between ARB history and alcohol use frequency predicted attenuated PFMTd performance growth at years one and two. ARB history predicted attenuated RCFTi and RCFTd performance growth by year four, but not PCET or PLBT performance over time. By contrast, greater past-year alcohol use predicted attenuated PFMTi and PFMTd performance growth between years two and four in adolescents without an ARB history.ConclusionWe found that ARBs predict distinct, lasting changes in learning and memory for visual information, with results suggesting that the developing brain is vulnerable to ARBs during adolescence and emerging adulthood.

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Occasion-level investigation of playing drinking games: Associations with cognitions, situational factors, alcohol use, and negative consequences among adolescents and young adults

Lewis¹,

Zhou²,

Fairlie³

et al. 2023

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Replication of factors related to blackout incidence in U.S. high school students: A brief report

Cited by 7 publications

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Intentions and motives to experience alcohol-induced blackout among young adults in college.

Intentions and motives to experience alcohol-induced blackout among young adults in college.

A Longitudinal Examination of Alcohol-Related Blackouts as a Predictor of Changes in Learning, Memory, and Executive Function in Adolescents

Occasion-level investigation of playing drinking games: Associations with cognitions, situational factors, alcohol use, and negative consequences among adolescents and young adults

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