ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2020
The role of alcohol-induced blackouts in symptoms of depression among young adults.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Associations among sexual assault history, alcohol use, blackouts, and blackout intentions among college women.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- A longitudinal study of the relationship between alcohol-related blackouts and attenuated structural brain development.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2024Article
- Alcohol milestones and internalizing, externalizing, and executive function: longitudinal and polygenic score associations.Psychological medicine · 2024Article
- A latent profile analysis of social anxiety, depression, and pregaming motives among heavy-drinking college students.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Prevalence and correlates of alcohol-induced blackout in a diverse sample of veterans.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Opportunities for reducing college drinking: The roles of drinking attitudes and blackout experience.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveBlackouts are associated with other alcohol-related consequences and depression among young adults, but the mechanisms underlying these associations are unclear. Using two separate samples, we tested the hypothesis that blackouts would be linked to symptoms of depression due in part to their association with other alcohol-related consequences.
methodYoung adults who use alcohol completed assessments at baseline in Sample 1 (N
resultsIn both samples, alcohol-induced blackouts were associated with alcohol-related consequences, which in turn were associated with symptoms of depression. In Sample 1, blackouts had both direct and indirect (mediated) effects on depressive symptoms. In Sample 2, blackouts measured at baseline only had an indirect effect on depressive symptoms six months later through other alcohol-related consequences at three months.
conclusionsAmong heavy-drinking college students, the majority of whom reported minimal symptoms of depression, blackouts were associated with increases in other alcohol-related consequences, which in turn were associated with increases in symptoms of depression. These findings suggest that prevention and intervention efforts targeting blackouts may help reduce other alcohol-related consequences among young adults.
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