ReviewExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2012
Impaired control over alcohol use: An under-addressed risk factor for problem drinking in young adults?
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of acute alcohol administration on working memory: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychopharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Relationships among impulsive, addictive and sexual tendencies and behaviours: a systematic review of experimental and prospective studies in humans.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Pooled it
- Is a very brief web-based intervention with focus on protective behavioral strategies efficacious in reducing impaired control over alcohol in undergraduates?Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Trial
- Predictors of treatment outcome for individuals with alcohol use disorder with a goal of controlled drinking.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Trial
- Acute effect of alcohol on working memory updating.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Trial
- A Test of Multisession Automatic Action Tendency Retraining to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Among Young Adults in the Context of a Human Laboratory Paradigm.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- A human alcohol self-administration paradigm to model individual differences in impaired control over alcohol use.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2013Trial
- Behavioral Impaired Control over Alcohol: Comparing Self-Medication and Behavioral Economic Models with the Interacting Effects of Acute Stress, Chronic Stress with Physical Neglect History, and Sex Assigned at Birth.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Day-level negative outcomes of failed control over drinking.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Social context and impaired control over alcohol use during naturally occurring drinking episodes.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- A neuroimmune framework for understanding adolescent stress and risk of alcohol misuse.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Review
- Predictive and discriminant validity of the Impaired Control Scale - Cannabis (ICS-C): an intensive longitudinal study of daily cannabis use outcomes.Journal of cannabis research · 2026Article
- Daily self-control demands and loss of control over drinking: The moderating role of trait impulsivity and peer exposure.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Craving mediates the relationship between sleep quality and impaired control over drinking: A preliminary study.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Prospective Associations Among Loneliness and Health for Servicemembers: Perceived Helplessness and Negative Coping Appraisal as Explanatory Mechanisms.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Real-time impaired control over drinking: The role of contextual influences during naturally occurring drinking episodes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Association Between Alcohol Use Patterns and Insomnia Symptoms or Poor Sleep Quality Among Adult Women: An Internet Cross-Sectional Survey in Japan.Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
- Examining the Impact of Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use on Alcohol Consumption and Consequences: Protocol for an Observational Ambulatory Assessment Study in Young Adults.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Impaired Control (Both Attempts to Control Drinking and Failed Control) as Prospective Predictors of Negative Outcomes Among Young Adults Who Drink Heavily.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Article
- Drinking While Stressed and Drinking to Cope Differentially Relate to Mental Health.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Impaired control over alcohol use may be defined as "a breakdown of an intention to limit consumption in a particular situation" (Heather, Tebbutt, Mattick, & Zamir, 1993, p. 701) and has long been considered an important feature of alcohol dependence. Evidence suggests impaired control is highly relevant to young adult problem drinking. In the natural history of problem drinking, impaired control tends to develop early and may predict alcohol-related problems prospectively in undergraduates. Impaired control over alcohol use may be a facet of generalized behavioral undercontrol specifically related to drinking. In particular, impaired control is theoretically and empirically related to impulsivity. The question of whether impaired control represents a facet of impulsivity or a related but separate construct requires further study. However, theoretical arguments and empirical evidence suggest that there are unique qualities to the constructs. Specifically, existing data suggest that self-report measures of impaired control and impulsivity over alcohol use relate distinctly to problem drinking indices in young adults. Several lines of future research concerning impaired control are suggested, using the impulsivity literature as a guide. We conclude that impaired control is a valuable construct to the study of young adult problem drinking and that measures of impaired control should be included in more young adult alcohol studies. The extent to which impaired control over the use of other substances and impaired control over engagement in other addictive behaviors are clinically relevant constructs requires additional study.
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