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ArticleExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2021

Contextual influences on subjective alcohol response.

William R Corbin, Jessica D Hartman, Amanda B Bruening, Kim Fromme

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Article in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William R CorbinDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University.ORCID 0000-0001-8665-7473
Jessica D HartmanDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University.ORCID 0000-0002-0054-8194
Amanda B BrueningDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University.ORCID 0000-0001-9275-5483
Kim FrommeDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin.
Arizona State University · USThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Contextual Influences on Alcohol Response and its Relation to Drinking OutcomesR01AA021148 · NIAAA · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI CORBIN, WILLIAM R · 2013 to 2017
$1.5M
NIAAA NIH HHSNIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021148
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prior research demonstrates contextual influences on drug responses in both animals and humans, although studies in humans typically focus on only one aspect of context (e.g., social) and examine a limited range of subjective experiences. The current study sought to address these limitations by examining the impact of both social and physical context on the full range of subjective alcohol effects. The sample included 448 young adult social drinkers (57% male, 66.5% White) randomly assigned to consume alcohol (target blood alcohol concentration of .08 g%) or placebo in 1 of 4 contexts (solitary lab, group lab, solitary bar, group bar). Results indicated that high arousal positive (HAP) effects of alcohol (e.g., talkative, lively) were stronger in nonbar relative to bar contexts and that low arousal positive (LAP) effects (e.g., relaxed, calm) were only present in the group lab context. There were also main effects of social context such that high arousal effects (both positive and negative) were stronger in group contexts, regardless of beverage condition. These findings highlight the importance of considering context when examining alcohol effects. Studies designed to isolate pharmacological HAP effects may benefit from a nonbar setting, and studies of LAP effects might be most effective in a simulated living room or home environment, although future studies are needed to directly address this possibility. Further, studies with an explicit focus on expectancies or that need strong control for expectancies might benefit from a group context, particularly when studying high arousal effects. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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Alcoholic BeveragesSocial InteractionSurveys and QuestionnairesAdultAlcohol DrinkingArousalBlood Alcohol ContentEthanolFemaleHumansMaleRandom AllocationYoung AdultBlood Alcohol ContentEthanol

Identifiers

PMID32673048
PMCPMC8405099
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