ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2016
Latent growth classes of alcohol-related blackouts over the first 2 years of college.
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- Factors that increase risk for alcohol-induced blackouts in high-intensity drinking young adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Associations between posting about alcohol on social networking sites and alcohol-induced blackouts in a sample of young adults not in 4-year college.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- A Dual-Process Decision-Making Model Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Alcohol-Induced Blackouts and Alcohol Use Disorder Risk Among College Student Drinkers.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Article
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- A mixed-methods approach to improve the measurement of alcohol-induced blackouts: ABOM-2.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
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- Event-Level Correlates of Drinking Events Characterized by Alcohol-Induced Blackouts.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Article
- Development and initial validation of the alcohol-induced blackout measure.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- "Can't Wait to Blackout Tonight": An Analysis of the Motives to Drink to Blackout Expressed on Twitter.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Article
- Creation and validation of the barriers to alcohol reduction (BAR) scale using classical test theory and item response theory.Addictive behaviors reports · 2018Article
- Evaluating the effect of a campus-wide social norms marketing intervention on alcohol-use perceptions, consumption, and blackouts.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2018Article
- Self-Medication for Sleep in College Students: Concurrent and Prospective Associations With Sleep and Alcohol Behavior.Behavioral sleep medicineArticle
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Abstract
Alcohol-related blackouts are common among college student drinkers. The present study extends prior work by examining latent growth classes of blackouts and several predictors of class membership. Participants (N = 709 college drinkers) completed a baseline survey at college entry and biweekly online assessments throughout freshman and sophomore years. Results revealed 5 latent growth class trajectories, reflecting varying experiences of blackouts at the beginning of college and differential change in blackouts over time. The largest class represented a relatively low-risk group (low decrease; 47.3%) characterized by endorsement of no or very low likelihood of blackouts, and decreasing likelihood of blackouts over time. Another decreasing risk group (high decrease; 11.1%) initially reported a high proportion of blackouts and had the steepest decrease in blackout risk over time. A small percentage showed consistently high likelihood of blackouts over time (high stable; 4.1%). The remaining 2 groups were distinguished by relatively moderate (moderate stable; 14.9%) and lower (low stable; 22.6%) likelihood of blackouts, which remained stable over time. Comparisons between classes revealed that students with greater perceived peer drinking, perceived peer approval of drinking, and enhancement motives upon entry to college tended to be in higher risk groups with consistent experiences of blackouts over time, whereas blackout likelihood decreased over time for students with greater conformity motives. Findings suggest that precollege preventive interventions may be strengthened by considering not only factors related to current risk for blackouts and other alcohol-related consequences, but also those factors related to persistence of these behaviors over time. (PsycINFO Database Record
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