ArticleThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2016
Alcohol use variability in a community-based sample of nonstudent emerging adult heavy drinkers.
Article in The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Social facilitation as a risk factor for alcohol misuse in young adults: study protocol for a prospective alcohol administration study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Identifying salient social, environmental, and situational contexts of college drinking: Impacts across drinking outcomes.The American journal on addictions · 2025Article
- A Daily Diary Study of Drinking and Nondrinking Days in Nonstudent Alcohol Users.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- A latent profile analysis of drinking patterns among nonstudent emerging adults.Addictive behaviors · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile nonstudent emerging adults are at elevated risk for experiencing alcohol-related problems, there remains a paucity of research devoted specifically to addressing drinking in this group.
objectivesThe present study sought to offer unique insights into nonstudent drinking by examining drinking variability across 30 days using a retrospective diary method. Specific aims were to: (1) compare within- and between-person variability in alcohol use across 30 days, and (2) determine the extent to which central social-cognitive between-person factors (i.e., social expectancies, perceived drinking norms, social drinking motivations) predict between-person alcohol use as well as within-person variability in drinking.
methodsParticipants were 195 (65.1% men) nonstudent emerging adults recruited from the community with a mean age of 21.9 (SD = 2.1) years.
resultsFindings showed that a substantial portion of variation in daily alcohol consumption was attributable to the within-person (83%) rather than between-person (17.2%) level. Social expectancies, perceived drinking norms, and social motives were found to influence variability in daily alcohol consumption.
conclusionOur findings contribute to knowledge that could guide efforts to design and tailor intervention strategies to minimize the harms experienced by an understudied and at-risk population of drinkers.
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