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Does binge drinking in teenagers affect their everyday prospective memory?

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¹Division of Psychology, Northumbria University, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. tom.heffernan@northumbria.ac.uk

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Teenage binge drinking impairs everyday prospective memory (PM). Binge drinkers showed deficits in recalling location-action combinations, suggesting a negative impact on daily functioning.

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Area of Science:

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Psychology
Public Health

Background:

Prospective memory (PM) is crucial for daily functioning.
Binge drinking is prevalent among teenagers.
The impact of teenage binge drinking on PM is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of teenage binge drinking on everyday prospective memory (PM).

Main Methods:

An existing-groups design compared 21 teenage binge drinkers with 29 non-bingers.
Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) and Prospective Remembering Video Procedure (PRVP) assessed PM.
Covariates included age, anxiety, depression, and alcohol consumption patterns.

Main Results:

No significant differences in self-reported PM lapses (PRMQ) between groups.
Binge drinkers recalled significantly fewer location-action combinations on the PRVP compared to non-bingers.
These findings suggest an objective deficit in PM for binge drinkers.

Conclusions:

Teenage binge drinking is associated with impairments in everyday prospective memory.
Objective measures reveal deficits not captured by self-report.
Interventions targeting teenage alcohol consumption may benefit cognitive functions like PM.