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ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2021

Alcohol use in daily life: Examining the role of trait and state impulsivity facets.

Sarah A Griffin, Timothy J Trull

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Article in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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Sarah A GriffinDepartment of Psychological Sciences.ORCID 0000-0002-7364-8401
Timothy J TrullDepartment of Psychological Sciences.ORCID 0000-0001-9935-7939

Funding

Psychology of Alcohol Use and Dependence TrainingT32AA013526 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI DENIS M MCCARTHY, KENNETH JAMES SHER · 2002 to 2026
$9.0M
Emotion regulation in emotional distress disorder: fMRI and ambulatory assessmentR21MH100359 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI KERNS, JOHN G, TRULL, TIMOTHY J · 2014 to 2015
$404k
Ambulatory assessment of alcohol use, mood dysregulation, and alcohol cravingR21AA022099 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI SHER, KENNETH JAMES, TRULL, TIMOTHY J · 2013 to 2014
$381k
National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Mental HealthNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismNIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA022099NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA013526NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH100359
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Abstract

objectivesUsing ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methods we aimed to investigate the influence of trait and state (momentary) impulsivity on alcohol use behaviors in daily life. Facets of the UPPS trait model of impulsivity (Whiteside & Lynam, 2001) have been found to differentially relate to alcohol-related outcomes and behaviors in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. The present work expands on this by assessing UPPS facets in daily life and examining the contributions of trait and state impulsivity facets to daily life drinking behavior.

methodForty-nine participants were prompted at least 6 times per day for 21 days. A total of 4,548 collected EMA reports were included in analyses. Multilevel models were computed predicting daily life alcohol use behaviors from state and trait impulsivity facets and relevant covariates.

resultsIndividual facets of momentary impulsivity differentially related to alcohol outcomes, such that (lack of) premeditation and, to a lesser extent, sensation seeking showed unique patterns of association with drinking and drinking quantity. Only trait levels of (lack of) premeditation were related to drinking behavior in daily life; no other trait UPPS scale significantly related to alcohol use.

conclusionsThese results highlight state difficulties with premeditation as particularly relevant to drinking behavior in daily life. Our results also support the incremental validity of state impulsivity facets over trait level measures in relation to drinking behavior in daily life. These findings offer important insight into the phenomenology of daily life alcohol use and highlight possible avenues for intervention and prevention efforts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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Impulsive BehaviorAdolescentAdultAlcohol DrinkingCross-Sectional StudiesEcological Momentary AssessmentFemaleHumansMaleMultilevel AnalysisYoung Adult

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PMCPMC7943655

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