ArticleAddictive behaviors2018
Alcohol-induced blackouts, subjective intoxication, and motivation to decrease drinking: Prospective examination of the transition out of college.
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- The Drinking Dashboard for alcohol-induced blackout: A randomized pilot trial.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Trial
- A combined laboratory and field test of a smartphone breath alcohol device and blood alcohol concentration estimator to facilitate moderate drinking among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
- Alcohol-Induced Blackouts and Subsequent Drinking Trajectories: Evidence From Three Longitudinal Samples.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Using Alcohol and Sleep Sensors to Understand Blackout Risk in Young Adults' Natural Settings (The Lights Out Study): Protocol for an Intensive Longitudinal Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- 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
- Exploratory analysis of blood alcohol concentration-related technology use and drinking outcomes among young adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Impaired Control (Both Attempts to Control Drinking and Failed Control) as Prospective Predictors of Negative Outcomes Among Young Adults Who Drink Heavily.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Article
- Subjective intoxication predicts alcohol-related consequences at equivalent alcohol concentrations in young adults using ecological momentary assessment and alcohol sensors.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Does Personality, Trait Emotion Regulation, and Trait Attentional Control Contribute toward the Experience and Impact of an Alcohol Hangover?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A mixed-methods approach to improve the measurement of alcohol-induced blackouts: ABOM-2.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Measuring subjective alcohol effects in daily life using contemporary young adult language.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Do Alcohol Consequences Serve as Teachable Moments? A Test of Between- and Within-Person Reciprocal Effects From College Age to Adulthood.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
- Opportunities for reducing college drinking: The roles of drinking attitudes and blackout experience.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Intentions and motives to experience alcohol-induced blackout among young adults in college.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Article
- The role of alcohol-induced blackouts in symptoms of depression among young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Development and initial validation of the alcohol-induced blackout measure.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe prospectively examined whether subjective intoxication serves as a risk factor for experiencing alcohol-induced blackouts. We then examined whether subjective intoxication and/or blackouts predicted motivation to decrease their drinking, and whether this motivation to change would promote future changes in drinking behavior.
methodParticipants (N=1854, 62.1% female, 53.2% Caucasian, M
resultsIn a cross-lagged model, subjective intoxication (i.e., feeling drunk) prospectively predicted experiencing blackouts (p<0.001). Controlling for both objective (e.g., quantity) and subjective intoxication, blackouts at Year 4 predicted greater motivation to decrease drinking behavior at Year 5 (p<0.01), but this motivation did not predict less quantity of alcohol use by Year 6 (p=0.076).
conclusionsSubjective intoxication is a robust predictor of blackouts across time. Additionally, blackouts are modest, developmentally-limited predictors of motivation to change drinking behavior, but blackouts do not predict future behavior change.
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