Trial reportPsychopharmacology2013
In the company of others: social factors alter acute alcohol effects.
Trial report in Psychopharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between theory of mind and alcohol problems in non-clinical samples.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of associations between empathy and alcohol use and problems in clinical and non-clinical samples.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Associations between solitary drinking and increased alcohol consumption, alcohol problems, and drinking to cope motives in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Alcohol's acute effects on emotion recognition and empathy in heavy-drinking young adults.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Alcohol increases social engagement in dyadic interactions: role of partner's drug state.Psychopharmacology · 2025Trial
- The impact of alcohol consumption on implicit racial bias.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Trial
- Alcohol and common ground: The effects of intoxication on linguistic markers of shared understanding during social exchange.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Trial
- Gabapentin increases the abuse liability of alcohol alone and in combination with oxycodone in participants with co-occurring opioid and alcohol use disorder.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2022Trial
- Using Placebo Beverages in Group Alcohol Studies.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Extraversion and the Rewarding Effects of Alcohol in a Social Context.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2015Trial
- Effects of acute doses of prosocial drugs methamphetamine and alcohol on plasma oxytocin levels.Journal of clinical psychopharmacology · 2015Trial
- MDMA: a social drug in a social context.Psychopharmacology · 2015Trial
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- Effects of MDMA and Intranasal oxytocin on social and emotional processing.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2014Trial
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- Contextual Moderators of the Relationship Between Alcohol-Induced Blackouts and Alcohol-Related Consequences Among Young Adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Social facilitation as a risk factor for alcohol misuse in young adults: study protocol for a prospective alcohol administration study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Testing the robustness of daily associations of affect with alcohol and cannabis use.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- The impact of alcohol on brain response in social context: A hyperscanning alcohol-administration trial.NeuroImage · 2025Article
- The need for multi-participant alcohol administration studies.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
rationaleAlcohol is usually consumed in social contexts. However, the drug has been studied mainly under socially isolated conditions, and our understanding of how social setting affects response to alcohol is limited.
objectivesThe current study compared the subjective, physiological, and behavioral effects of a moderate dose of alcohol in moderate social drinkers who were tested in either a social or an isolated context and in the presence of others who had or had not consumed alcohol.
methodsHealthy men and women were randomly assigned to either a social group tested in pairs (SOC; N = 24), or an isolated group tested individually (ISO; N = 20). They participated in four sessions, in which they received oral alcohol (0.8 g/kg) or placebo on two sessions each, in quasi-randomized order under double-blind conditions. In the SOC condition, the drug conditions of the co-participants were varied systematically: on two sessions, both participants received the same substance (placebo or alcohol) and on the other two sessions one received alcohol while the other received placebo. Cardiovascular measures, breath alcohol levels, and mood were assessed at regular intervals, and measures of social interaction were obtained in the SOC group.
resultsAlcohol produced greater effects on certain subjective measures in the SOC condition compared with the ISO condition, including feelings of intoxication and stimulation, but not on other measures such as feeling sedated or high, or on cardiovascular measures. Within the SOC condition, participants rated themselves as more intoxicated when their partner received alcohol, and paired subjects interacted more when at least one participant received alcohol.
conclusionsThe presence of others enhances some of the subjective and behavioral effects of alcohol, especially the presence of another intoxicated individual. This enhancement of alcohol effects may explain, in part, why it is used in a social context.
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