ArticleThe American journal on addictions2022
Brief Report: Expectancies for alcohol analgesia are associated with greater alcohol use among moderate-to-heavy drinkers without chronic pain.
Article in The American journal on addictions, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Characterizing Alcohol Use and Expectancies for Alcohol Analgesia Among Breast Cancer Survivors With Arthralgia.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
- Expectancies for alcohol analgesia and drinking behavior among veterans with chronic pain: The moderating role of discrimination in medical settings.The American journal on addictions · 2025Article
- Associations of physical pain, alcohol use, and related factors in the daily lives of patients with chronic low back pain.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Pain Intensity and Hazardous Cannabis Use: The Moderating Role of Pain-related Anxiety.Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2025Article
- Determinants of perceived pain relief from acute alcohol intake in a laboratory setting.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Article
- Initial validation of the expectancies for Benzodiazepine Analgesia Scale.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Expectancy of alcohol analgesia moderates perception of pain relief following acute alcohol intake.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesExpectancies for alcohol analgesia (i.e., expectations that drinking alcohol will reduce pain) have been associated with greater alcohol consumption among individuals with chronic pain, and there is reason to believe that such expectancies may also contribute to drinking behavior among alcohol users without a current chronic pain condition. Therefore, the objective of these analyses was to test associations between a measure of expectancies for alcohol analgesia (EAA) and alcohol use among drinkers without current pain.
methodThese are secondary analyses of baseline data collected from 200 moderate-to-heavy adult drinkers (39% women).
resultsEAA scores were positively associated with quantity/frequency of drinking, urge to drink, and other alcohol outcome expectancies (ps < .01). DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsExpectancies that alcohol will reduce pain are associated with heavier drinking among drinkers without pain. Over time, such expectancies may contribute to the development of alcohol use disorder and chronically painful conditions. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: This study provides the first evidence that even moderate-to-heavy drinkers without chronic pain may still hold expectancies for alcohol analgesia, and that this may be related to greater quantity/frequency of drinking.
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