ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2015
Alcohol sensitivity moderates the indirect associations between impulsive traits, impaired control over drinking, and drinking outcomes.
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- Real-time impaired control over drinking: The role of contextual influences during naturally occurring drinking episodes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Prospective Effects of UPPS-P Impulsivity and Typical Drinking Context on Future Drinking Behavior.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2022Article
- Impulsivity and the effects of alcohol in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse: A pilot study.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Characterizing the role of impaired control over alcohol in associations of impulsive personality traits with alcohol use as a function of depressive disorder.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- A multimodal, longitudinal investigation of alcohol's emotional rewards and drinking over time in young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Article
- Predictors of Increases in Alcohol Problems and Alcohol Use Disorders in Offspring in the San Diego Prospective Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Article
- The relationship between impaired control, impulsivity, and alcohol self-administration in nondependent drinkers.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2019Article
- The Mediating Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in Uncontrolled Drinking: A Look at Gender-Specific Parental Influences.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Article
- A Prospective Comparison of How the Level of Response to Alcohol and Impulsivity Relate to Future DSM-IV Alcohol Problems in the COGA Youth Panel.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2017Article
- Impulsivity, working memory, and impaired control over alcohol: A latent variable analysis.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine impaired control over drinking behavior as a mediator of unique pathways from impulsive traits to alcohol outcomes in young adults. We also sought to investigate the moderating influence of self-reported sensitivity to alcohol on these pathways.
methodYoung adult heavy drinkers (N = 172; 82 women) recruited from the community completed self-report measures of impulsive traits (positive urgency, negative urgency, sensation seeking), alcohol sensitivity (Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol scale), impaired control over drinking, and alcohol use and problems. Multiple-groups path analysis was used to analyze the data.
resultsPath coefficients between urgency and impaired control were larger for individuals with lower versus higher self-reported sensitivity to alcohol. The same was true for the association between impaired control and alcohol problems. For participants lower on alcohol sensitivity, significant indirect paths were observed from both positive and negative urgency to all alcohol outcomes (quantity, frequency, and problems) mediated via impaired control. For participants higher on alcohol sensitivity, only the paths from negative urgency (but not positive urgency) to the three alcohol outcomes via impaired control were statistically significant. Sensation seeking was not uniquely associated with impaired control.
conclusionsThe findings indicate that relatively low sensitivity to the pharmacological effects of alcohol may strengthen the association between urgency--especially positive urgency--and impaired control, supporting the notion that personality and level of response to alcohol may interact to increase risk for impaired control over drinking.
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