%0 Journal Article
%T Day-to-day variations in high-intensity drinking, expectancies, and positive and negative alcohol-related consequences
%J Addictive behaviors
%D 2016
%A Patrick, Megan E.
%A Cronce, Jessica M.
%A Fairlie, Anne M.
%A Atkins, David C.
%A Lee, Christine M.
%V 58
%N 
%P 110-116
%X High-intensity drinking (i.e., women/men consuming 8+/10+ drinks in a day) is prevalent and associated with negative consequences. Occasions of high-intensity drinking have markedly high risk; however, previous research has not examined the predictors of these high-risk drinking days. The current study was designed to examine to what extent positive and negative alcohol expectancies predict high-intensity drinking and whether high-intensity drinking on a given day was associated with drinking consequences and their evaluations that day. Frequently drinking college students (N=342) participated in an intensive longitudinal study of drinking behaviors (N=4645 drinking days). Days with greater positive and negative expectancies were associated with high-intensity drinking. Days with high-intensity drinking were associated with reporting more positive and negative consequences and with evaluating positive consequences more favorably and evaluating negative consequences less favorably, compared to drinking days without high-intensity drinking. Given this, prevention and intervention efforts may consider specifically targeting high-intensity drinking events as a unique phenomenon.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0306-4603
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.02.025