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ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2022

Decision strategies while intoxicated relate to alcohol-impaired driving attitudes and intentions.

Sara D McMullin, Courtney A Motschman, Laura E Hatz, Denis M McCarthy, Clintin P Davis-Stober

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Article in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Associations between trait impulsivity facets and alcohol-impaired driving risk perceptions.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026
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5 authors.

Sara D McMullinDepartment of Psychological Sciences.ORCID 0000-0002-6455-0840
Courtney A MotschmanDepartment of Psychological Sciences.ORCID 0000-0002-8668-943X
Laura E HatzDepartment of Psychological Sciences.ORCID 0000-0002-8695-8222
Denis M McCarthyDepartment of Psychological Sciences.ORCID 0000-0002-5799-8057
Clintin P Davis-StoberDepartment of Psychological Sciences.ORCID 0000-0002-6836-6979

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
Risk for Alcohol Impaired Driving: From the Laboratory to the Natural EnvironmentR01AA019546 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI MCCARTHY, DENIS M · 2010 to 2021
$4.3M
Advanced Mathematical Modeling of Decision Making in Alcohol ResearchK25AA024182 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI DAVIS-STOBER, CLINTIN PHILIP · 2016 to 2019
$590k
NIAAA NIH HHSNIAAA NIH HHS K25 AA024182NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA019546NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA013526Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveApproximately 28 million individuals engage in alcohol-impaired driving (AID) every year. This study investigated individuals' AID decision making strategies under intoxication, their variability across the breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) curve, and the association between strategy and AID attitudes, intentions, and behavior.

methodSeventy-nine adults (mean 23.9 years, 57% female) who drank alcohol ≥2 days per week and lived >2 miles away from their typical drinking locations completed an alcohol administration protocol and AID decision making task. AID attitudes, intentions, and behaviors were assessed repeatedly across the BrAC curve. Bayesian cognitive modeling identified decision strategies used by individuals on the AID decision making task, revealing whether alcohol consumption level and/or ride service cost factored into individuals' decisions to drive while impaired or obtain a ride. Additional analyses tested whether AID attitudes and intentions were related to individuals' decision strategies.

resultsTwo decision strategies were examined on the ascending and descending limbs of the BrAC curve: compensatory (both consumption level and ride service cost factored into AID decisions) and non-compensatory (only consumption level factored into AID decisions). Switching to a compensatory strategy on the descending limb was associated with lower perceived intoxication, perceiving AID as less dangerous, and being willing to drive above the legal BrAC limit.

conclusionsResults suggest that risk for engaging in AID is higher for those using a cost-sensitive, compensatory strategy when making AID decisions under intoxication. Future research is needed to test whether AID countermeasures (e.g., subsidized ride services) are differentially effective according to decision strategy type. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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Alcoholic IntoxicationAutomobile DrivingDriving Under the InfluenceAdultAlcohol DrinkingBayes TheoremEthanolFemaleHumansIntentionMaleEthanol

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PMCPMC9276843

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