ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2022
The 24-hour rhythm in alcohol craving and individual differences in sleep characteristics and alcohol use frequency.
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- Disruption of circadian rhythms promotes alcohol use: a systematic review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Pooled it
- Leveraging Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Bi-directional Associations Between Sleep Quality, Adolescent/Young Adult Alcohol Craving and Use.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Trial
- Tri-use of alcohol, cannabis, and nicotine in daily life among young adults: A day-level comparison of substance use outcomes to dual-use and alcohol-only use occasions.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Who is alcohol cue-reactive? A machine learning approach.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- A month in review: longitudinal dynamics between daily PTSD symptom networks, affect, and drinking behaviors in female college students.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Sleep-Related Predictors of Risk for Alcohol Use and Related Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence implicates sleep/circadian factors in alcohol use, suggesting the existence of a 24-h rhythm in alcohol craving, which may vary by individual differences in sleep factors and alcohol use frequency. This study sought to (1) replicate prior findings of a 24-h rhythm in alcohol craving, and (2) examine whether individual differences in sleep timing, sleep duration, or alcohol use frequency are related to differences in the timing of the peak of the craving rhythm (i.e., the acrophase) or magnitude of fluctuation of the rhythm (i.e., amplitude). Finally, whether such associations varied by sex or racial identity was explored.
methodsTwo-hundred fifteen adult drinkers (21 to 35 years of age, 72% male, 66% self-identified as White) completed a baseline assessment of alcohol use frequency and then smartphone reports of alcohol craving intensity six times a day across 10 days. Sleep timing was also recorded each morning of the 10-day period. Multilevel cosinor analysis was used to test the presence of a 24-h rhythm and to estimate acrophase and amplitude.
resultsMultilevel cosinor analysis revealed a 24-h rhythm in alcohol craving. Individual differences in sleep timing or sleep duration did not predict rhythm acrophase or amplitude. However, alcohol use frequency moderated this rhythm wherein individuals who used alcohol more frequently in the 30 days prior to beginning the study had higher mean levels of craving and greater rhythm amplitudes (i.e., greater rhythmic fluctuations). Associations did not vary by sex or racial identity.
conclusionsResults show that alcohol craving exhibits a systematic rhythm over the course of the 24 h and that the frequency of alcohol use may be relevant to the shape of this rhythm. Consideration of daily rhythms in alcohol craving may further our understanding of the mechanisms that drive alcohol use.
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