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. 2010 Dec;35(12):1045-53.
doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.07.001. Epub 2010 Jul 17.

Event-level associations between affect, alcohol intoxication, and acute dependence symptoms: Effects of urgency, self-control, and drinking experience

Jeffrey S Simons  1 , Robert D Dvorak, Bryan D Batien, Tyler B Wray
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Event-level associations between affect, alcohol intoxication, and acute dependence symptoms: Effects of urgency, self-control, and drinking experience

Jeffrey S Simons et al. Addict Behav. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

This study used experience sampling to examine within-person associations between positive affect, anxiety, sadness, and hostility and two outcomes: alcohol intoxication and acute dependence symptoms. We examined the role of urgency, premeditation, and perseverance in predicting the alcohol outcomes and tested whether the affective associations varied as a function of urgency. Participants completed baseline assessments and 21 days of experience sampling on PDAs. Hypotheses were partially confirmed. Positive affect was positively, and sadness inversely, associated with intoxication. Hostility was associated with intoxication for men but not women. Negative urgency moderated the association between anxiety and intoxication, making it stronger. However, positive urgency did not moderate the effect of positive affect. Heavier drinkers exhibited the greatest number of symptoms, yet the association between intoxication and acute signs of alcohol disorder was attenuated among these individuals. Results support the use of experience sampling to study acute signs and symptoms of high risk drinking and dependence.

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All authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Association between daytime anxiety and nighttime intoxication as a function of negative urgency. Anxiety is centered at the subject mean. Negative urgency is centered at the grand mean.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Association between intoxication and acute dependence symptoms as a function of drinking level. Intoxication is centered at the subject mean. Subject mean intoxication is centered at the grand mean.
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