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Does affect mediate the association between daily events and alcohol use?
S Armeli1, H Tennen, G Affleck
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030, USA.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
|February 24, 2001
Summary
Heavy drinkers desire alcohol more on days with more positive or negative nonwork events. Daily positive and negative emotions also increase alcohol consumption, supporting dual-process models of drinking behavior.
Area of Science:
- Addiction research
- Behavioral psychology
- Clinical psychology
Background:
- Understanding factors influencing alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers is crucial for developing effective interventions.
- Daily life events and emotional states significantly impact substance use behaviors.
- The dual-process model offers a framework for understanding alcohol motivation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine within-person relationships between daily events, affect, desire to drink, and alcohol consumption.
- To investigate the role of positive and negative events and affect in heavy drinkers' alcohol use.
- To test components of the dual-process motivational model of alcohol consumption.
Main Methods:
- Daily diary methodology was employed with 46 heavy drinkers undergoing an 8-week treatment program.
- Multilevel regression analyses were used to assess within-person associations.
- Data collected included daily positive/negative events, affect, desire to drink, and alcohol consumption.
Main Results:
- Increased positive and negative nonwork events were associated with a greater desire to drink and higher alcohol consumption.
- Positive work events correlated with lower desire to drink and fewer drinks.
- Daily positive and negative affect predicted increased consumption and desire to drink.
Conclusions:
- Findings support the dual-process model, suggesting both tension-reduction and experience-enhancement pathways influence alcohol consumption.
- The interplay between daily events, affect, and alcohol-related behavior is complex, involving both affective and cognitive components.
- Individual differences, such as alcohol dependence severity and treatment status, moderated some observed associations.
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