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The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data.
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106citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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Who cites it
106 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- When trauma triggers craving: meta-analytic evidence for the mediating role of negative affect among trauma-exposed individuals who use substances.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Pooled it
- Beyond snapshots: A systematic review of dyadic and triadic parent-adolescent ecological momentary assessment studies across diverse and general populations.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Pooled it
- STROBE-GEMA: a STROBE extension for reporting of geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment studies.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Pooled it
- Within-person associations between psychological and contextual factors and lapse incidence in smokers attempting to quit: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Pooled it
- The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data.Psychological bulletinPooled it
- How people decide to consume (more) alcohol when feeling stressed.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Trial
- Daily variations and factors related to alcohol avoidance motivation and alcohol use among adults who are unhoused.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2026Trial
- The Influence of Winning and Losing Gambling Experience on Mood State and Alcohol Cravings.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Trial
- The Influence of Gambling on Mood State and Alcohol Cravings.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Trial
- Joint effects of real-world cue exposure and affective states on momentary alcohol craving in adults with alcohol use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Real-world alcohol cue exposure and drinking risk in alcohol use disorder.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
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- Intensive Longitudinal Data Collection Methods in Health Research: Tutorial for Selecting Measures and Designing a Sampling Protocol.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Craving mediates the association between affect and substance use in daily life among individuals with substance use disorders.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Affect Regulation Motives for Gambling and Gambling Engagement: A Two-Year Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model.International gambling studies · 2026Article
- Ecological momentary assessments and interventions for youth substance use across clinical settings: A systematic review.Research square · 2026Article
- A prospective co-twin control analysis of internalizing and externalizing pathways for alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis use problems from adolescence through adulthood.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- A real-time exploration of the affect regulation hypothesis surrounding substance use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Manifestation of Drinking Profiles in Daily Life: Associations With Momentary Negative Affect, Impulsivity, and Drinking.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Binge alcohol and cannabis co-use associated with depression in Black men.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
46 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
68 authors.
Jonas DoraDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.ORCID 0000-0003-0651-8479
Marilyn PiccirilloDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Katherine T FosterDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.ORCID 0000-0002-3561-6687
Kelly ArbeauDepartment of Psychology, Trinity Western University.
Stephen ArmeliSchool of Psychology and Counseling, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Marc AuriacombeSleep, Addiction, and Neuropsychiatry (Addiction Psychiatry), Université de Bordeaux.ORCID 0000-0002-8938-8683
Bruce BartholowDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia.ORCID 0000-0002-9234-6417
Adriene M BeltzDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-5754-8083
Shari M BlumenstockKinsey Institute, Indiana University Bloomington.ORCID 0000-0002-6361-3563
Krysten BoldSchool of Medicine, Yale University.
Erin E BonarDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan.
Abby BraitmanDepartment of Health Psychology, Old Dominion University.
Ryan W CarpenterDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Kasey G CreswellDepartment of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University.
Tracy De HartDepartment of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago.
Robert D DvorakDepartment of Psychology, University of Central Florida.
Noah EmeryDepartment of Psychology, Colorado State University.
Matthew EnkemaDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Catharine E FairbairnDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Anne M FairlieDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Stuart G FergusonDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Tasmania.
Teresa FreireDepartment of Applied Psychology, University of Minho.ORCID 0000-0001-5773-381X
Fallon GoodmanDepartment of Psychology, University of South Florida.
Nisha GottfredsonResearch Triangle Institute.
Max HalvorsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Maleeha HaroonDepartment of Psychology, New York University.
Andrea L HowardDepartment of Psychology, Carleton University.
Andrea HussongDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kristina M JacksonDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
Tiffany JenzerDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
Dominic P KellyDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-5417-7379
Adam M KuczynskiDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Alexis KuerbisSchool of Social Work, Hunter College of the City University of New York.
Christine M LeeDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Melissa LewisSchool of Public Health, University of North Texas.
Ashley N Linden-CarmichaelCollege of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University.ORCID 0000-0001-8187-6538
Andrew LittlefieldDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University.
David M Lydon-StaleySchool for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
Jennifer E MerrillDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
Robert MirandaDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
Cynthia MohrDepartment of Psychology, Portland State University.
Jennifer P ReadDepartment of Psychology, University of Buffalo.
Clarissa RichardsonDepartment of Psychology, Illinois College.
Roisin M O'ConnorDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University.
Stephanie S O'MalleySchool of Medicine, Yale University.
Lauren PappSchool of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Thomas M PiaseckiDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Paul SaccoSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore.ORCID 0000-0002-2800-9571
Nichole ScaglioneDepartment of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida.
Fuschia SerreSleep, Addiction, and Neuropsychiatry (Addiction Psychiatry), Université de Bordeaux.ORCID 0000-0002-0228-3572
Julia ShadurSchool of Integrative Studies, George Mason University.
Kenneth J SherDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Yuichi ShodaDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Tracy L SimpsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Michele R SmithDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Angela StevensDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
Brittany StevensonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota.
Howard TennenDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut.
Michael ToddDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University.
Hayley Treloar PadovanoDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
Timothy TrullDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Jack WaddellDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University.
Katherine Walukevich-DienstDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Katie WitkiewitzDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico.
Tyler WrayDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
Aidan G C WrightDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.ORCID 0000-0002-2369-0601
Andrea M WycoffDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Kevin M KingDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Funding
Virology CoreP01AA019072 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI KAHLER, CHRISTOPHER W. · 2010 to 2024
$19.7MSUBSTANCE ABUSEK12DA000167 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHANIE S O'MALLEY, Marc N Potenza · 1991 to 2026
$17.7MPilot, Mentoring, and Professional Development CoreP50DA039838 · NIDA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI COLLINS, LINDA M · 2015 to 2019
$13.9MWHO COLLABORATIVE PROJECT ON MANAGEMENT OF HARMFUL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONP50AA003510 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI KRANZLER, HENRY RICHARD · 1985 to 2007
$13.6MPILOT--GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN CHINESE SAMPLEP50AA011998 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HEATH, ANDREW C. · 1999 to 2008
$12.6MPsychology Training in Alcohol Research (PTAR)T32AA007455 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARY E. LARIMER · 1985 to 2026
$11.4MResource CoreP60AA011998 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MADDEN, PAMELA ANN · 2009 to 2013
$8.8MNALTREXONE, CRAVING AND DRINKING: ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTR01AA007850 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI MIRANDA, ROBERT · 1988 to 2015
$8.4MExamining the Impact of Stress on the Emotionally Reinforcing Properties of Alcohol in Heavy Social Drinkers: A Multimodal Investigation Integrating Laboratory and Ambulatory MethodsR01AA025969 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Catharine Fairbairn · 2017 to 2026
$3.5MNeural Mechanisms of Motivational InterviewingR01AA020077 · NIAAA · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI MORGENSTERN, JON · 2011 to 2015
$3.5MPOST-DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN ALCOHOL STUDIEST32AA007290 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI SHEILA MARIE ALESSI · 1985 to 2026
$3.2MComorbidity: Substance Use Disorders and Other Psychiatric ConditionsT32DA037183 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Anna Zilverstand · 2014 to 2026
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Abstract
Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary and ecological momentary assessment research, it remains unclear whether people consume more alcohol on days they experience higher negative and positive affect in everyday life. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we synthesized the evidence for these daily associations between affect and alcohol use. We included individual participant data from 69 studies (
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