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ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2022

Dynamic structural equation modeling of the relationship between alcohol habit and drinking variability.

Kelly S DeMartini, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Jane R Taylor, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Godfrey Pearlson, John H Krystal, Stephanie S O'Malley

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Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 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. Common and unique latent transition analysis (CULTA) as a way to examine the trait-state dynamics of alcohol intoxication.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelly S DeMartiniYale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States. Electronic address: kelly.demartini@yale.edu.
Ralitza GueorguievaYale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States; Yale School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, New Haven, CT, United States.
Jane R TaylorYale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States.
Suchitra Krishnan-SarinYale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States.
Godfrey PearlsonYale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States; Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, United States.
John H KrystalYale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States.
Stephanie S O'MalleyYale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States.
Yale University · US

Funding

Translational Technologies CoreP50AA012870 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal · 2001 to 2026
$43.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA012870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA hyper-engaged habit system may be common in alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Regarding drinking patterns, habit may be expressed as higher levels of drinking autoregression, where previous day drinking is correlated with next day drinking. This study utilized dynamic structural equation models (DSEM) with intensive longitudinal data to understand whether alcohol habit relates to drinking autoregression and variable levels of alcohol consumption.

methodsParticipants were adult drinkers (N = 313) who completed baseline self-report assessments of past 30-day alcohol consumption and alcohol habit. Alcohol habit was measured by the Self Report Habit Index (SRHI). Thirty-day coding of the Timeline Followback assessed total daily drinking and any daily heavy drinking.

resultsThe DSEM model for daily drinking found a weak but significant autoregressive data structure. Alcohol habit was related to increased mean drinking but did not strengthen the autoregressive effect of drinks per day. Higher alcohol habit was associated with higher levels of drinks per day person-specific variability. This pattern was replicated with the DSEM model for heavy drinking. Alcohol habit did not impact the autoregressive effect of heavy drinking but was associated with higher levels of heavy drinking.

conclusionsWhile both drinks per day and heavy drinking showed a significant autoregressive structure, evidence of alcohol habit did not strengthen this effect. Alcohol habit did impact drinking variability; higher alcohol habit is associated with greater levels of drinking variability and higher mean drinking. Strategies to regulate drinking variability, including heavier drinking occasions, could target AUD habit.

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AlcoholismAdultAlcohol DrinkingEthanolHabitsHumansLatent Class AnalysisEthanolAlcoholAlcohol habitBayesian modelingHabit learningHeavy drinking

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PMID35151022
PMCPMC10046111
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