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ArticleSubstance use & misuse2016

Is Prepartying a Cause of Heavy Drinking and Consequences Rather Than Just a Correlate? A Longitudinal Look at the Relationship Between Prepartying, Alcohol Approval, and Subsequent Drinking and Consequences.

Joseph W LaBrie, Andrew M Earle, Justin F Hummer, Sarah C Boyle

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Article in Substance use & misuse, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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  1. A mobile-based pregaming drinking prevention intervention for college students: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023
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Joseph W LaBriea Department of Psychology , Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles , California , USA.
Andrew M Earlea Department of Psychology , Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles , California , USA.
Justin F Hummerb Department of Psychology , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California , USA.
Sarah C Boylea Department of Psychology , Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles , California , USA.

Funding

Social Norms & Skills Training: Motivating Campus ChangeR37AA012547 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARY E. LARIMER · 2018 to 2026
$5.6M
SOCIAL NORMS &SKILLS-TRAINING: MOTIVIATING CAMPUS CHANGR01AA012547 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LARIMER, MARY E. · 1999 to 2011
$5.1M
Parent FIT START: Parent Feedback Intervention Targeting Student Transitions & AlR21AA021870 · NIAAA · LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY · PI LABRIE, JOSEPH W. · 2013 to 2014
$358k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA012547NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA021870NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA012547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrepartying, or drinking before an event where more alcohol may or may not be consumed, has been positioned in the literature as a behavior engaged in by heavy drinkers. However, recent findings suggest that prepartying may confer distinct risks, potentially causing students to become heavier drinkers over time.

objectivesThe goals of this study were to disentangle the longitudinal relationships between prepartying, general and episodic alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related consequences by investigating (1) whether prepartying is associated with future consequences above and beyond current alcohol consumption habits and (2) whether augmentations in approval for alcohol and related increases in drinking mediate this relationship.

methodsOne-hundred and ninety-five undergraduates completed online questionnaires at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months later.

resultsPrepartying frequency was more strongly related to alcohol-related consequences one year later than was overall or episodic drinking. In addition, a path mediation model confirmed our hypothesis that this relationship is due to gradual increases in drinking which occur as a result of more approving attitudes toward alcohol brought on by exposure to prepartying. Conclusion/Importance: Findings suggest a new model for conceptualizing the relationship between prepartying, drinking, and consequences whereby students who get involved in prepartying may witness slow increases in their approval for alcohol use and, as a result, consumption. Importantly, results suggest that the increases in drinking displayed by prepartiers over the course of a year may account for the strong relationship between prepartying and later consequences. Prevention and intervention initiatives may benefit from directly targeting prepartying as a means of tempering risky alcohol use trajectories during one's college tenure.

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Alcohol Drinking in CollegeAlcoholic IntoxicationEthanolHumansStudentsUniversitiesEthanolalcoholalcohol-related attitudesalcohol-related consequencespregamingPrepartying

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PMCPMC4977026

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