Cross‐cultural comparisons of drinking motives in 10 countries: Data from the DRINC project

Mackinnon, Sean P.; Couture, Marie‐Eve; Cooper, Melanie M.; Kuntsche, Emmanuel; O’Connor, Roisin M.; Stewart, Sherry H.

doi:10.1111/dar.12464

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“…As part of a larger program of research examining correlates of drinking motives, participants from this pretest sample who indicated they drink primarily to enhance positive experiences (i.e., enhancement motives; Mean enhancement = 3.21, SD = 0.85) or to cope with negative affect (i.e., coping motives; Mean coping = 1.83, SD = 0.79) were oversampled for participation to ensure the representation of the full range of these motivations, given the high skewness typically observed in these variables. Both distributions of social motives (Mean social = 3.47, SD = 0.92) and conformity motives (Mean conformity = 1.51, SD = 0.63) in the current study are in line with what typically found in previous studies (see Cooper et al., ; Mackinnon et al., ). Descriptive statistics indicated a normal distribution of ASQ subscale scores in this sample.…”

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Interactive Effects of Naturalistic Drinking Context and Alcohol Sensitivity on Neural Alcohol Cue‐Reactivity Responses

Martins

Bartholow

Cooper

et al. 2019

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background: Considerable evidence indicates that a low level of subjective response to alcohol's acute effects (i.e., low sensitivity) is associated with enhanced risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD). Recent work suggests that the highest risk response profile consists of blunted sensitivity to alcohol's sedation-like effects, coupled with enhanced sensitivity to alcohol's stimulation-like effects (i.e., differential sensitivity). A largely separate body of work indicates that enhanced reactivity to alcohol-related cues is associated with increased AUD risk.Aims: The current research examined the extent to which variability in alcohol response phenotypes is associated with enhanced P3 event-related potential (ERP) responses to alcohol-related pictures (ACR-P3), and whether this reactivity varies according to depicted drinking contexts.Methods: Eighty young adults (aged 18 to 33 years) completed a self-report measure of alcohol sensitivity (the Alcohol Sensitivity Questionnaire) and viewed images depicting drinking in naturalistic contexts, alcohol and nonalcohol beverages in isolation (devoid of naturalistic drinking context), and neutral nonbeverage control images while ERPs were recorded.Results: Results indicated that blunted sensitivity to alcohol's sedative-like effects was differentially associated with enhanced ACR-P3 but reduced P3 reactivity to nonalcohol cues. Variation in sensitivity to alcohol's stimulant-like effects was not associated with differential ACR-P3. Contrary to predictions, these effects were not potentiated by drinking contexts.Conclusions: The current results replicate and extend previous work linking low alcohol sensitivity with enhanced incentive salience for alcohol-related cues and suggest that cues depicting drinking contexts are less likely to differentiate high-risk from low-risk drinkers.

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confidence: 93%

Interactive Effects of Naturalistic Drinking Context and Alcohol Sensitivity on Neural Alcohol Cue‐Reactivity Responses

Martins

Bartholow

Cooper

et al. 2019

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…In spite of the considerable difference in mean levels of drinking motives, alcohol use and adverse consequences found across countries as also reported in other studies , the pattern of association between drinking motives and adverse consequences varied slightly in effect size but was nonetheless generally comparable across all 10 countries under consideration. This finding is in line with hypothesis iv and implies that health promotion efforts that are based on or incorporate drinking motives are likely to be applicable across Europe.…”

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Different drinking motives, different adverse consequences? Evidence among adolescents from 10 European countries

Wicki

Kuntsche

Eichenberger

et al. 2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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While the actual mean level of drinking motives, alcohol use and adverse consequence varied across countries, the consistency of association patterns implies that drinking motive-inspired health promotion efforts are likely to be beneficial across Europe. This is particularly important for coping drinkers because they are especially prone to adverse consequences over and above their alcohol use. [Wicki M, Kuntsche E, Eichenberger Y, Aasvee K, Bendtsen P, Dankulincová Veselská Z, Demetrovics Z, Dzielska A, Farkas J, de Matos MG, Roberts C, Tynjälä J, Välimaa R, Vieno A. Different drinking motives, different adverse consequences? Evidence among adolescents from 10 European countries.

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“…For example, in the U.K. there has been shift towards the acceptance of public drunkenness as evidenced by increasing 'cultures of intoxication' and 'determined drunkenness' (Measham, 2006;Measham & Brain, 2005). Individuals such as students, who may share A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T demographic characteristics, may drink for broadly similar reasons across different countries (Mackinnon et al, 2017). Thus there are likely to be differences within and between countries in those factors which might lead individuals to reduce drinking (Labhart et al, 2017).…”

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Motivations for reducing alcohol consumption: An international survey exploring experiences that may lead to a change in drinking habits

Davies

Conroy

Winstock

et al. 2017

Addictive Behaviors

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Aims: Brief interventions delivered by doctors and other healthcare practitioners might be meaningfully enhanced by understanding what individual experiences might lead patients to cut down. The aim of the current paper was to explore the experiences that might lead people to reduce their alcohol consumption and to compare these findings between respondents from 21 different countries. Methods:Global Drug Survey is an online cross sectional, opportunistic anonymous survey. This paper includes 72209 respondents from 21 counties with over 250 respondents (60.8% male)Results: Almost a third (32.9%) of participants reported that they would like to drink less alcohol over the next 12 months, and a third thought their GP would tell them to cut down if they were honest about their drinking. The primary experiences that were rated as most likely to lead to a change in behaviour were related to physical health, sexual assault and having to seek emergency medical treatment. Respondents from Germany were more likely to select embarrassment as a motivation to reduce drinking than those from other counties. Females were more likely to report indicate motivations related to sexual regret, sexual assault or seeking treatment. Older participants and those in the low risk audit category were more likely to report embarrassment or forgetfulness as potential motivation for change. Conclusion:Understanding the different motivations that may lead individuals to change their drinking behaviours can be used to inform targeted brief interventions and targeted public health guidance.

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Cross‐cultural comparisons of drinking motives in 10 countries: Data from the DRINC project

Cited by 57 publications

References 26 publications

Interactive Effects of Naturalistic Drinking Context and Alcohol Sensitivity on Neural Alcohol Cue‐Reactivity Responses

Interactive Effects of Naturalistic Drinking Context and Alcohol Sensitivity on Neural Alcohol Cue‐Reactivity Responses

Different drinking motives, different adverse consequences? Evidence among adolescents from 10 European countries

Motivations for reducing alcohol consumption: An international survey exploring experiences that may lead to a change in drinking habits

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