ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2023
Trajectories of alcohol consumption in U.S. military veterans: Results from a 10-year population-based longitudinal study.
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- Chronic Pain Acceptance Moderates the Association Between Pain Intensity and Alcohol Use Severity Among Veterans With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
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- 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
- Co-Design of an Ecosystem of Services to Support Veteran Well-Being and Reduce Excessive Alcohol Consumption.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- The Association of Risk-Related Behaviors and Mental Health Symptomatology on Problematic Alcohol Use Among U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Problematic Alcohol Use Trajectories in U.S. Military Veterans during a Public Health Crisis: Results from a 3-year, Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Study.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2024Article
- Bidirectional links between sleep and pain among heavy-drinking veterans with insomnia.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Article
- Positive personality traits moderate persistent high alcohol consumption, determined by polygenic risk in U.S. military veterans: results from a 10-year, population-based, observational cohort study.Psychological medicine · 2023Observational
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol use disorder is a public health problem, especially among US veterans. This study examined the nature and predictors of 10-year trajectories of alcohol consumption in US veterans.
methodsData were analyzed from the 2011-2021 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, a nationally representative, longitudinal study of 2309 US veterans.
resultsLatent growth mixture modeling analyses revealed four trajectories of alcohol consumption (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption [AUDIT-C]) over a 10-year period: excessive (4.1%; mean [standard deviation] AUDIT-C baseline=8.6 [2.0], slope= -0.33 [0.07]); at-risk (22.1%; baseline=4.1 [1.6], slope=0.02 [0.07]); rare (71.7%; baseline=1.2 [1.3], slope= -0.01 [0.03]); and recovering alcohol consumption (2.1%; baseline=8.4 [1.9], slope= -0.70 [0.14]). The strongest predictors of excessive vs. rare alcohol consumption group were younger age (relative variance explained [RVE]=27.8%), and lower agreeableness (RVE=27.0%); at-risk vs. rare alcohol consumption group were fewer medical comorbidities (RVE=82.3%); recovering vs. rare alcohol consumption group were greater dysphoric arousal symptoms (RVE=46.1%) and current mental health treatment (RVE=26.5%); excessive vs. at-risk alcohol consumption group were younger age (RVE=25.9%), greater dysphoric arousal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (RVE=22.0%), and lower conscientiousness (RVE=19.1%); and excessive vs. recovering alcohol consumption group were current mental health treatment (RVE=61.1%) and secure attachment style (RVE=12.4%).
conclusionsOver the past decade, more than 1 in 4 US veterans consumed alcohol at the at-risk-to-excessive level. Veterans who are younger, score lower on agreeableness and conscientiousness, endorse greater dysphoric arousal symptoms, and currently not engaged in mental health treatment may require close monitoring and prevention efforts to mitigate the risk of a chronic course of at-risk-to-excessive alcohol consumption.
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