ArticleAddictive behaviors2025
An Examination of predictors of prospective changes in self-reported drinker identity and changes in drinker identity as a predictor of changes in alcohol use and associated consequences.
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- Qualitative analysis of how U.S. college students construct their alcohol-related content identities via social media.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Article
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purposeSelf-reported drinker identity, the extent to which one views oneself as a drinker, is associated with alcohol consumption and related harms in young adults. The current study examined changes in self-reported drinker identity, theoretically relevant factors associated with drinker identity development, and drinker identity's association with changes in drinking and alcohol-related consequences. We hypothesized that drinker identity would increase over time; theoretically relevant factors would be significantly and positively associated with that increase, and increases in drinking identity would be associated with elevated drinking and related consequences.
methodParticipants were 588 heavy-drinking college students (63 % female, 50.5 % White, Mean
resultsUsing parallel process latent growth curve modeling, we examined changes in drinker identity as a function of initial levels and changes in theoretically relevant factors. We also examined changes in alcohol use and related consequences as a function of changes in drinker identity. Results indicated that a more favorable initial attitude toward heavy drinking and an increase in favorable attitude toward heavy drinking were associated with an increase in drinker identity. Overall, alcohol use and associated consequences diminished over time, but increases in drinker identity were associated with smaller reductions in alcohol outcomes.
conclusionsThe study highlights the importance of attitudes as a potential contributing factor to drinker identity development, particularly among college students who drink heavily. This work further demonstrates a link between changes in drinker identity and changes in drinking and associated consequences. This work can inform future interventions aimed at targeting drinking identity.
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