Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2017
Urgency traits moderate daily relations between affect and drinking to intoxication among young adults.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data.Psychological bulletinPooled it
- Within- and between-person effects of naltrexone on the subjective response to alcohol and craving: A daily diary investigation.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Trial
- Testing the robustness of daily associations of affect with alcohol and cannabis use.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Alcohol and cannabis use predicted by affect-urgency interactions in everyday life.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2026Article
- Person-environment transactions of impulsive traits and day-level alcohol use: A narrative review.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Review
- Examining Premeditation and Urgency as Moderators of the Longitudinal Association Between Alcohol-Induced Blackouts and AUDIT Scores Among Adolescents and Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- An experimental investigation into the effect of negative affect on the behavioral economic demand for alcohol.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- The role of impulsivity in the relationship between affect and alcohol consumption in young adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Examining Associations Between Negative Affect and Substance Use in Treatment-Seeking Samples: A Review of Studies Using Intensive Longitudinal Methods.Current addiction reports · 2022Article
- Role of Impulsivity and Emotion Dysregulation Dimensions on Core Characteristics of Binge Drinking among University Students.Psychologica Belgica · 2022Article
- Alcohol use in daily life: Examining the role of trait and state impulsivity facets.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Sex-specific risk profiles for substance use among college students.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- The relationship between impaired control, impulsivity, and alcohol self-administration in nondependent drinkers.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2019Article
- No evidence for trait- and state-level urgency moderating the daily association between negative affect and subsequent alcohol use in two college samples.Brain and neuroscience advancesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundYoung adults with higher trait urgency (i.e., a tendency to act rashly in response to heightened affect) may be especially vulnerable to heavy drinking. The current study examined 1) the influence of urgency on daily relations between affect and drinking to intoxication, and 2) whether urgency influenced the effectiveness of naltrexone (vs. placebo) for reducing alcohol use.
methodsThis study is a secondary analysis of data from 126 (n=40 female) heavy drinking young adults, ages 18-25, enrolled in a double-blind, 8-week clinical trial comparing brief motivational intervention and either naltrexone or placebo. Multilevel models examined whether trait urgency moderated daily relations between positive and negative affect and drinking to intoxication, measured by an estimated blood-alcohol concentration (eBAC) at or above the legal limit (≥0.08g%). Person-level interactions examined whether naltrexone was more effective than placebo at reducing the odds of eBAC≥0.08g% for individuals with higher vs. lower trait urgency.
resultsOn days of greater within-person positive or negative affect, young adults with higher urgency were more likely to drink to intoxication than those with lower urgency. Naltrexone reduced the odds of drinking to intoxication significantly more than placebo, independent of positive or negative urgency.
conclusionsAlthough naltrexone treatment reduced drinking overall, young adults with higher trait urgency were still at increased risk for hazardous drinking following times of strong positive or negative mood. Targeted interventions are needed to reduce the risk of heavy drinking among young adults with high trait urgency.
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