ArticleAddictive behaviors2016
Moderators of implicit and explicit drinking identity in a large US adult sample.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- I am what I am: A meta-analysis of the association between substance user identities and substance use-related outcomes.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Pooled it
- 'I am a Drinker': A Content, Correlational, and Factor Analytic Study of Measures of Drinker Identity Among College Students.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- The nomological network of drinker identity: A scoping review.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Association of Cannabis Use and At-Risk Alcohol Use With Intimate Partner Violence in an Urban ED Sample.Journal of emergency nursing · 2022Article
- On the role of (implicit) drinking self-identity in alcohol use and problematic drinking: A comparison of five measures.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Implicit and Explicit Self-Identification as a Drug User in People Who Used Heroin and Methamphetamine.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Alcohol and marijuana protective behavioral strategies mediate the relationship between substance use identity and use-related outcomes: A multi-sample examination.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Growth Mindsets of Alcoholism Buffer Against Deleterious Effects of Drinking Identity on Problem Drinking Over Time.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Hazardous drinking has unique relationships with implicit and explicit drinking identity.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Women's Self-Perceived Similarity to Their Mother and Associations with Patterns of Alcohol Misuse over 20 Years.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2018Article
- Identity as a cannabis user is related to problematic patterns of consumption among emerging adults.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Does change in self-perceived problem drinker identity relate to change in alcohol use? An examination of nontreatment seeking hazardous drinkers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Article
- A review of implicit and explicit substance self-concept as a predictor of alcohol and tobacco use and misuse.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2017Review
- Evaluating the Relationship between Explicit and Implicit Drinking Identity Centrality and Hazardous Drinking.Addictive behaviors reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Drinking identity (viewing oneself as a drinker) is a potential risk factor for problematic drinking in US undergraduate samples. Whether that risk extends to a broader, more general US sample is unknown. Additionally, there are critical, unanswered questions with respect to moderators of the drinking identity-problematic drinking relationship; an important issue for designing prevention efforts. Study aims were to assess the unique associations and interactive effects of implicit and explicit measures of drinking identity on problematic drinking, and to evaluate age and sex as potential moderators of the drinking identity-problematic drinking relationship. A sample of 11,320 adults aged 18-98 completed measures of implicit and explicit drinking identity and problematic drinking (the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test; AUDIT). Implicit and explicit drinking identity had positive, significant associations with AUDIT scores, as expected. Moderation analyses indicated small, but significant, interactions. There was an implicit by explicit identity interaction consistent with a synergistic effect: lower implicit and explicit identity was linked to a greater probability of being a non-drinker. Age moderated explicit but not implicit identity: lower drinking identity appeared to be more protective for younger individuals. Sex moderated implicit but not explicit identity: a weaker positive association with implicit identity and AUDIT scores was observed among men, potentially reflecting stigma against women's drinking. Findings suggest that drinking identity's potential as a risk factor for problematic drinking extends to a more general US sample and that both implicit and explicit identity should be targeted in prevention efforts.
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