Longitudinal examination of alcohol demand and alcohol-related reinforcement as predictors of heavy drinking and adverse alcohol consequences in emerging adults.

Brian M Bird Kyla BelisarioMeenu MinhasSamuel F Acuff Mark A FerroMichael T AmlungJames G Murphy James M MacKillop

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2024)

Multiple behavioral economic indicators (demand elasticity, maximum expenditure and reinforcement ratio) forecast changes in heavy episodic drinking and alcohol problems over the course of emerging adulthood. These results further implicate alcohol demand and proportionate alcohol-related reinforcement as etiologically and developmentally important mechanisms in alcohol use trajectories.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
depressive symptoms
mental health
emergency department
cross sectional
drug induced