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  • Addiction Research
  • Public Health

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  • Heavy episodic drinking, or binge drinking, is prevalent and problematic among undergraduate students.
  • Existing research often assumes binge drinking is a stable, trait-like behavior.
  • This perspective overlooks the significant state-like variations in drinking behavior over time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and test a novel trait-state conceptualization of heavy episodic drinking.
  • To quantify the contributions of both stable (trait-like) and fluctuating (state-like) factors to binge drinking.
  • To investigate the temporal dynamics of heavy episodic drinking in undergraduates.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of 114 first-year undergraduates completed self-report measures of heavy episodic drinking.
  • Data were collected at three distinct time points over a 130-day period.
  • Analyses included repeated-measures ANOVA, test-retest correlations, and generalizability theory.

Main Results:

  • A significant portion of the variance in heavy episodic drinking was attributed to trait-like stability.
  • A smaller, yet notable, proportion of variance was explained by state-like fluctuations.
  • Individual differences in heavy episodic drinking are influenced by both stable predispositions and temporal variations.

Conclusions:

  • Heavy episodic drinking is best understood as a trait-state, reflecting stable tendencies with fluctuating expression.
  • Findings support the existence of trait-like predispositions for risky drinking behaviors.
  • Clinicians and researchers should avoid assuming a single assessment captures typical heavy episodic drinking behavior due to its dynamic nature.