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ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2025

Day-level examination of ego-network effects on college students' alcohol consumption.

Elise Bragard, Stephen Armeli, Richard Feinn, Jerry Cullum, Mark Litt, Howard Tennen

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Article in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Elise BragardAlcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0002-8065-819X
Stephen ArmeliDepartment of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Richard FeinnDepartment of Medical Sciences, Quinnipiac University.
Jerry CullumMichigan Department of Education.
Mark LittAlcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
Howard TennenAlcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Funding

Vulnerabilities for coping-related drinking among post-college young adultsP60AA003510 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI BAUER, LANCE O. · 2008 to 2017
$17.5M
POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN ALCOHOL STUDIEST32AA007290 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI SHEILA MARIE ALESSI · 1985 to 2026
$3.2M
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismNIAAA NIH HHS P60 AA003510NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007290
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Abstract

objectiveEgocentric social network analyses show that drinking habits of college students' friends predict personal alcohol consumption. To date, most of this research focused on between-person, cross-sectional, or long-term longitudinal designs to evaluate these effects. This study used intensive longitudinal methods to examine episode-specific effects of social networks (network drinking, network composition) on college students' drinking, comparing within-person and between-person effects on individual episodic drinking, and highlighted social network characteristics that might be targeted for intervention.

methodCollege students (

resultsTwo-part multilevel models were used to examine participant drinking. At the within-person level, when a higher proportion of a participant's ego network drank and when network total drinks were higher than average, the odds that a participant drank were significantly increased, and if they did drink, they consumed more alcoholic drinks than usual. Participants were more likely to drink on days when their network was comprised of more friends and more opposite-gender alters.

conclusionsFindings provide preliminary evidence that daily network drinking appears to influence drinking patterns and quantities among students. Such information could be used within ecological momentary interventions to prevent harmful drinking patterns such as heavy drinking episodes and incapacitation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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Alcohol DrinkingAlcohol Drinking in CollegeEgoFriendsSocial NetworkingStudentsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleUniversitiesYoung Adult

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PMCPMC12056160

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