Associations Between Heavy Drinking and Changes in Impulsive Behavior Among Adolescent Boys: HEAVY DRINKING AND IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR
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BACKGROUND: Impulsive behavior in humans predicts the onset of drinking during adolescence and alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in adulthood. It is also possible, however, that heavy drinking may increase impulsive behavior by affecting the development of brain areas that support behavioral control or through other associated mechanisms. This study examined whether drinking heavily during adolescence is related to changes in impulsive behavior with a specific focus on how the association differs across individuals, contingent on the developmental course of their impulsiveness. METHOD: Data came from a sample of boys (N = 503) who were followed annually from approximate age 8 to age 18 and again at approximate age 24/25. Heavy drinking was defined as experiencing a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of 0.08% or higher. At each assessment, the parent and child each reported whether the child was impulsive. RESULTS: First, group-based trajectory analysis was used to identify 4 groups differing in the level and slopes of their trajectories of impulsive behavior from age 9 to age 17: low (13.9%), early adolescence-limited (18.7%), moderate (60.8%), and high (6.6%). These trajectory groups differed in their prevalence of any heavy drinking, peak BACs, and rates of alcohol dependence in adolescence and AUD in early adulthood, with the less impulsive groups being lower on these measures than the more impulsive groups. Heavy drinking was then entered into the model as a time-varying covariate; this measure was lagged so that the results represent change in impulsive behavior the year following heavy drinking. Among boys on the moderate trajectory, those who drank heavily were rated as significantly more impulsive the following year compared to those who did not drink heavily. CONCLUSIONS: The association between heavy drinking and impulsive behavior may depend on earlier levels of impulsive behavior with those who are moderately impulsive appearing to be at greatest risk for increased impulsive behavior following heavy drinking. Further research is needed to clarify this association.
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Una serie de estudios indican que los hombres presentan con mayor frecuencia conductas impulsivas, decisiones arriesgadas y consumo de sustancias con respecto a las mujeres (Adan, 2012; White et al., 2011).
“Dado que una serie de estudios (Adan, 2012; White et al., 2011) indican que los hombres presentan con mayor frecuencia conductas impulsivas, decisiones arriesgadas y consumo de sustancias con respecto a las mujeres”
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The Current Study section (page not provided) says boys have higher average impulsivity and drink more heavily than girls during adolescence. It does not support a male–female comparison for risky decision-making or substance use generally, and its comparison concerns adolescents rather than men and women of all ages. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredHeavy adolescent drinking is associated with later alcohol problems.
“between heavy adolescent drinking and later alcohol problems”
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Adolescents who were heavy drinkers at age 14 but not at ages 15 and 16 moved from an increased impulsivity trajectory back to the normative developmental trajectory.
“adolescents who were heavy drinkers at age 14, but not anymore at age 15 and 16 moved from the increased impulsivity trajectory back to the normative development trajectory.”
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White et al. found that impulsive behaviors prospectively predicted binge drinking and that binge drinking predicted increases in impulsive behaviors.
“White et al., 2011) found that impulsive behaviors prospectively predicted binge drinking and also that binge drinking predicted increases in impulsive behaviors.”
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“Dado que una serie de estudios (Adan, 2012; White et al., 2011) indican que los hombres presentan con mayor frecuencia conductas impulsivas, decisiones arriesgadas y consumo de sustancias con respecto a las mujeres, parece interesante incluir la variable género en estudios futuros sobre la relación…”
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- Authors
- White, H. R., Marmorstein, N. R., Crews, F. T., Bates, M. E., Mun, E.-Y., & Loeber, R.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- White, Helene R.
- Venue
- Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-11-12
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 295-303
- ISSN
- 0145-6008 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3058919
- OpenAlex
- W1961872835
- Cited by
- 92
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 4.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (P50AA011605, R01AA016798, K02AA000325)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH073841, R01MH056630, P30MH079920)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA 411018, R01DA011018, P20DA017552, K01DA022456)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- heavy drinking, adolescent alcohol use, impulsive behavior, alcoholism, adolescent boys, blood alcohol concentration, behavioral control
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Child, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Male, Sex Characteristics, Time Factors, Disease Progression, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Young Adult
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