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Background and aims
Little is known about how perceived norms about alcohol consumption may influence high alcohol consumption rates in Uganda. This study estimated the accuracy of perceived norms about men's alcohol consumption and estimated the association between perceived norms and personal alcohol consumption.
Design
Cross‐sectional, whole‐population, sociocentric social network study.
Setting...
Aims
To examine changes in drinking behavior among United States (US) adults between March 10 and July 21, 2020, a critical period during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Design
Longitudinal, internet‐based panel survey.
Setting
The Understanding America Study (UAS), a nationally representative panel of US adults age 18 or older.
Participants
A total of 4298 US adults who reported alcohol use.
Measurements...
Background and Aims
Having a negative cognitive style may lead someone to feel hopeless about his or her situation and be more likely to engage in coping‐motivated drinking. We, therefore, aimed to investigate the association between cognitive style and drinking to cope.
Design
Prospective cohort study.
Setting
The former Avon Health Authority in South West England.
Participants
A total of...
Aims
To estimate longitudinal pathways from childhood socio‐economic position (SEP) to educational attainment and mid‐life heavy drinking in black Americans in order to identify potential points of early intervention to reduce risk for alcohol‐related problems in adulthood.
Design, Setting and Participants
Data are from 1299 black Americans in the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, followed...
Background and aims
In the United States, until 2018 both the prevalence of heavy alcohol use and the suicide mortality rate increased among men and women; however, women had experienced a notably higher increase in both. As heavy alcohol use may have contributed to the observed sex disparity in the suicide mortality rate increase, the aim of the current study was to estimate the temporal trend of...
Background and Aim
Alcohol craving is an urge to consume alcohol that commonly precedes drinking; however, craving does not lead to drinking for all people under all circumstances. The current study measured the correlation between neural reactivity and alcohol cues as a risk, and purpose in daily life as a protective factor that may influence the link between alcohol craving and the subsequent amount...
Aims
Government alcohol sales data were used to examine whether age 15+ per‐capita alcohol consumption (PCAC) (i) changed during COVID‐19 and (ii) predicted COVID‐19 infections 2–5 weeks later.
Design
Interrupted time‐series analyses were applied to panels of data before and after COVID‐19 restrictions were introduced in Canada.
Setting and participants
The populations, aged 15+, of the provinces...
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