ArticleAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)2021
Alcohol Hangover Across the Lifespan: Impact Of Sex and Age.
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- Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and the Economic Costs of Alcohol Hangover in The Netherlands.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Predictors of Hangover Frequency and Severity: The Impact of Alcohol Consumption, Mental Resilience, Personality, Lifestyle, Coping and Mood.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Does Personality, Trait Emotion Regulation, and Trait Attentional Control Contribute toward the Experience and Impact of an Alcohol Hangover?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Diabetes risk among US adults with different socioeconomic status and behavioral lifestyles: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Swedish High School Students' Drug and Alcohol Use Habits throughout 2020.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations between Mental Resilience, Mood, Coping, Personality, and Hangover Severity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Alcohol Consumption on the Heaviest Drinking Occasion and Hangovers during the First Dutch COVID-19 Lockdown.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Tutorial on Analyzing Ecological Momentary Assessment Data in Psychological Research With Bayesian (Generalized) Mixed-Effects Models.Advances in methods and practices in psychological scienceArticle
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- Erratum issued
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
aimTo investigate the relationship between age and hangover frequency and severity.
methodAn online survey, generated through Facebook, collected self-report data relating to alcohol consumption from 761 Dutch alcohol consumers aged 18-94 years (61.6% female).
resultsOverall, young individuals consumed more alcohol than older drinkers, and men more than women. Significant interactions between age group and sex were found for both subjective intoxication and hangover severity, indicating that the sex differences in these variables were greatest in the younger age groups but became significantly smaller or absent in the older age groups. Partial correlations, correcting for estimated blood alcohol concentration (eBAC), revealed significant and negative partial correlations between age and subjective intoxication (r = -0.444, P < 0.0001), age and hangover severity (r = -0.327, P < 0.0001) and between age and hangover frequency (r = -0.195, P < 0.0001), i.e. subjective intoxication, hangover severity and hangover frequency decline with age. With regard to sex differences, the observed correlations with age for the past month heaviest drinking occasion were stronger in men for subjective intoxication, (z = -2.25, P = 0.024), hangover severity (z = -3.36, P = 0.0008) and hangover frequency (z = -3.63, P = 0.0003).
conclusionsHangover severity declines with age, even after controlling for eBAC or the amount of alcohol consumed. Sex differences were greatest in the younger age groups but became significantly smaller or absent in the older age groups. The relationship between age and hangover severity is strongly mediated by subjective intoxication. Pain sensitivity, lower with aging, might be a mediator.
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