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dc.contributor.authorLabhart, F.
dc.contributor.authorWells, S.
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorKuntsche, E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:26:57Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:26:57Z
dc.date.created2014-09-04T20:00:21Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationLabhart, F. and Wells, S. and Graham, K. and Kuntsche, E. 2014. Do Individual and Situational Factors Explain the Link Between Predrinking and Heavier Alcohol Consumption? An Event-Level Study of Types of Beverage Consumed and Social Context. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 49 (3): pp. 327-335.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21723
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/alcalc/agu001
dc.description.abstract

Aim: Predrinking (drinking in private settings before going to licensed premises) has been shown to be positively associated with amount of alcohol consumed. The present study assesses whether this association is explained by general drinking patterns or situational factors, including drinking duration, beverage type and drinking companions. Methods: In a sample of 183 young adults from French-speaking Switzerland, data on alcohol consumption, whereabouts and drinking companions were collected using questionnaires sent to participants’ cell phones at five time points from 5 p.m. to midnight every Thursday, Friday and Saturday over five consecutive weeks. Means and proportion tests and multilevel models were conducted based on 6650 assessments recorded on 1441 evenings. Results: Over the study period, predrinkers drank more frequently than did non-predrinkers and, among males, predrinkers drank more heavily. Predrinking was related to increased drinking duration and thus total consumption in the evenings. Larger groups of people were reported for predrinking compared with off-premise only drinking situations. Among women, the consumption of straight spirits (i.e. not mixed with soft drinks) while predrinking was associated with higher total evening alcohol consumption. Among men, drinking with exclusively male friends or female friends while predrinking was associated with higher consumption. Conclusion: Heavier drinking on predrinking evenings mainly results from longer drinking duration, with individual and situational factors playing a smaller role. Prevention efforts on reducing the time that young adults spend drinking and harm reduction measures such as restriction of access to on-premise establishments once intoxicated are recommended.

dc.publisherMedical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press
dc.titleDo Individual and Situational Factors Explain the Link Between Predrinking and Heavier Alcohol Consumption? An Event-Level Study of Types of Beverage Consumed and Social Context
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume49
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage327
dcterms.source.endPage335
dcterms.source.issn1464-3502
dcterms.source.titleAlcohol and Alcoholism
curtin.departmentNational Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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