ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2017
A daily diary examination of caffeine mixed with alcohol among college students.
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- Caffeine consumption and onset of alcohol use among early adolescents.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- A Comparison Between Ecological Momentary Assessment and the Adapted-Quick Drinking Screen: Alcohol Mixed With Energy Drinks.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2022Article
- Pre-game drinking among young adults and its association with positive and negative alcohol consequences.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- A Daily Diary Study of Drinking and Nondrinking Days in Nonstudent Alcohol Users.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Testing Daily Associations between Impulsivity, Affect, and Alcohol Outcomes: A Pilot Study.Addiction research & theory · 2019Article
- Alcohol mixed with energy drink use during young adulthood.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Why meta is better: A reply to Linden-Carmichael et al. (2018).Human psychopharmacology · 2018Article
- Mixing alcohol and energy drinks in daily life: A Commentary on Verster and Colleagues (2018).Human psychopharmacology · 2018Article
- Daily conformity drinking motivations are associated with increased odds of consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks: Daily Context of Use.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2017Article
- Alcohol mixed energy drink usage and risk-taking among college students in Western New York State.Journal of American college health : J of ACHArticle
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Abstract
objectiveCaffeinated alcoholic beverage (CAB) use is associated with a range of substance-related problems. The majority of prior research on CABs is based on cross-sectional and retrospective reports, which do not account for intraindividual differences in use and may be subject to recall biases. The current research used a daily diary, within-subjects design to compare days where individuals simultaneously mixed alcohol with caffeine (CAB days) and days where individuals drank other types of alcohol (non-CAB days) on alcohol use outcomes. These relationships were tested further by examining the impact of the type of mixer (i.e., energy drink or cola-caffeinated).
methodParticipants were 122 (73.8% women) heavy drinking, college student CAB users. Mean age was 20.39 (SD = 2.08) years. Students completed a baseline questionnaire and up to 14 consecutive daily surveys about the previous night's drinking behavior.
resultsMultilevel modeling results indicated that CAB days were associated with heavier alcohol use, regardless of mixer type. In addition, beyond amount of alcohol consumed the previous night and trait impulsivity, CAB days were linked with more alcohol-related problems, but only when the mixer was an energy drink. CAB days did not differ from non-CAB days on driving or sex after drinking.
conclusionsThis study was the first to demonstrate the unique risks posed by simultaneously consuming caffeine and alcohol in a within-subjects, daily diary design. Future research investigating use patterns may benefit from the use of fine-grained approaches in order to provide information relevant for CAB prevention and intervention efforts. (PsycINFO Database Record
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