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ArticleAddictive behaviors2022

Association between empathy and drinking among a community sample of heavy drinkers: Sex differences and neural correlates.

Charles S H Robinson, Eric D Claus, Vince Calhoun, Megan Swartz, Kathryn Fokas, Katie Witkiewitz

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Article in Addictive behaviors, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charles S H RobinsonThe University of New Mexico, USA; The Mind Research Network, USA; The University of Chicago, USA. Electronic address: charob@sas.upenn.edu.
Eric D ClausThe Mind Research Network, USA; The Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Vince CalhounThe Mind Research Network, USA; Georgia State University, USA.
Megan SwartzThe University of New Mexico, USA; The Mind Research Network, USA.
Kathryn FokasThe University of New Mexico, USA.
Katie WitkiewitzThe University of New Mexico, USA; The Mind Research Network, USA.
University of New Mexico · US

Funding

Integrative Training in the Neurobiology of Addictive BehaviorsT32DA043469 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Donald Hedeker, Xiaoxi Zhuang · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
Neural Mechanisms of Behavior Change in a Community Sample of DrinkersR01AA023665 · NIAAA · THE MIND RESEARCH NETWORK · PI CLAUS, ERIC D, WITKIEWITZ, KATIE A · 2015 to 2019
$3.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA023665NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA043469
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major health problem, yet most individuals with AUD do not perceive a need for formal treatment and do not receive treatment. The lack of treatment seeking among individuals with AUD may suggest a lack of self-awareness and insight into the seriousness of AUD related problems, as well as lack of empathy for the impact of one's drinking on others. Recent work has suggested that empathy may be impaired among individuals seeking treatment for AUD. Further these impairments may differ by sex such that males with lower empathy reported more drinking consequences and greater drinking intensity, but there was no association between empathy and drinking among females. The current study used regression analyses (alpha = 0.05) to examine the association between empathy (as measured by the four scales of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index), independent components of gray matter volume in regions associated with empathy, and drinking variables among non-treatment seeking drinkers with AUD (N = 136) and also examined these effects by sex. Results showed greater perspective taking was associated with less temporoparietal and frontotemporal gray matter volume (B(SE) = -0.912 (0.043), p = 0.034). An interaction between perspective taking and sex was associated with craving, such that higher perspective taking was associated with less craving for males only (B(SE) = -0.48 (0.243), p = 0.049; R

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Alcoholic IntoxicationAlcoholismAlcohol DrinkingEmpathyFemaleHumansMaleSex CharacteristicsAlcohol Use DisorderEmpathyGenderStructural MRI

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