Unplanned vs. planned drinking: Event-level influences of drinking motives and affect

Stevens, Angela K.; Haikalis, Michelle; Merrill, Jennifer E.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106592

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“…Our findings extend this research by showing that individuals are more likely to plan drinking on weekend days (Friday, Saturday) vs. weekdays, even on days that they do not ultimately drink, which is in line with other research showing that planned drinking is more common on weekend days (Fairlie et al, 2019; Stevens et al, 2021). Together, these findings suggest important day‐level differences in intentions for alcohol use, with different targets needed to reduce problematic alcohol consumption on weekend days (e.g., decreasing desire) vs. weekdays (e.g., school responsibilities).…”

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confidence: 92%

Forgoing plans for alcohol and cannabis use in daily life: Examining reasons for nonuse when use was planned in a predominantly white college student sample

Stevens

Blanchard

Sokolovsky

et al. 2021

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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BackgroundThe reasons for college students to abstain from alcohol and cannabis use on a given day can inform efforts to prevent or intervene in those behaviors. Research on reasons for alcohol nonuse remains in its nascent stages and no study to date has examined reasons for cannabis nonuse on a given day. Here we examine reasons for nonuse among college students after they planned to use alcohol and/or cannabis.MethodsCollege students (N = 341; Mage = 19.79; 53% women; 74% White) from 3 universities completed 54 days of data collection across which approximately 50% were nonuse days. Each morning, participants indicated whether they planned to use that day; nonuse reasons were assessed the next morning, if applicable. Generalized linear mixed‐effects models were used to disentangle within‐ and between‐person effects.ResultsOn a given nonuse day (at the within‐person level), “work” and “school” were reasons associated with having no plan to use alcohol and “to feel in control” was linked to having no plan to use cannabis. “Did not want to get high” was related to forgoing plans (did not use when originally planned) for alcohol use at the within‐person level. At the between‐person level, “no desire” was associated with no plans for alcohol or cannabis use and “did not want to get high” was related to no plans for cannabis use. “School” and “could not get” were related to forgoing plans for alcohol and cannabis use, respectively, at the between‐person level.ConclusionAn examination of earlier intentions for alcohol and/or cannabis use on nonuse days yielded novel findings on the intention–behavior gap. Reasons for nonuse can inform intervention and prevention strategies (e.g., those involving social norms or just‐in‐time adaptive efforts) for alcohol and cannabis use on college campuses.

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confidence: 92%

Forgoing plans for alcohol and cannabis use in daily life: Examining reasons for nonuse when use was planned in a predominantly white college student sample

Stevens

Blanchard

Sokolovsky

et al. 2021

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…Recent EMA studies report that drinking behavior in young adults is associated with daily motives to enhance mood, facilitate social interaction, and cope with negative affect (Votaw & Witkiewitz, 2021). In addition, Stevens et al (2021) found planned drinking specifically was associated with mood enhancement motives (e.g., drinking to get buzzed, see Stevens et al, 2021). Electronic time‐based sampling studies also clearly show that the social context of being surrounded by others who are drinking, or in drinking contexts in general, is strongly associated with alcohol consumption (O'Donnell et al, 2019) and unplanned drinking in young adults (Griffin et al, 2021).…”

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Mobile assessment of decisions to drink in young adults: Examining the role of incentives and disincentives

Howe

Copeland

Fisher

et al. 2021

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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A core feature of alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the relative inability to regulate alcohol consumption, such that drinking frequently results in a range of negative outcomes, including interpersonal, physical, and mental health consequences (Grant et al., 2015). Research suggests that AUD is associated with a self-regulatory deficit manifested in a range of poorly-regulated, disinhibited, and externalizing

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“…Perhaps one of the most striking results of our study, we found that evening and retrospective reports of coping motives predicted alcohol-related consequences in opposite ways for men and women. To our knowledge, only one prior study examined effects of concurrent and retrospective reports of motives, which were linked to planned versus unplanned drinking (Stevens et al, 2021). Ours supplements these, finding that retrospective enhancement motives predicted greater quantity.…”

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The impact of gender and traditional norm adherence on event-level alcohol outcomes

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Men consume more alcohol than women, both globally and within the United States specifically, experience different patterns of social problems from drinking, and differ in their risk for developing alcohol use disorder (AUD). Research has explored whether these differences are attributable to a number of factors that differ between men and women, including biological differences, personality traits, mood, and drinking motives. Multiple studies (McCreary et al., 1999; Neve et al., 1997) have demonstrated that traditional gender norms may partially account for gender differences in drinking - with adherence to traditional masculine norms associated with increased alcohol consumption among men, and traditional feminine norms associated with lower consumption among women. The current study used an ecological momentary assessment (EMA; Shiffman, 2009) design to test an event-level model by which gender norms may influence drinking and alcohol-related problems. Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that gender nms moderated both momentary mood and drinking motives.

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Unplanned vs. planned drinking: Event-level influences of drinking motives and affect

Cited by 23 publications

References 38 publications

Forgoing plans for alcohol and cannabis use in daily life: Examining reasons for nonuse when use was planned in a predominantly white college student sample

Forgoing plans for alcohol and cannabis use in daily life: Examining reasons for nonuse when use was planned in a predominantly white college student sample

Mobile assessment of decisions to drink in young adults: Examining the role of incentives and disincentives

The impact of gender and traditional norm adherence on event-level alcohol outcomes

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