Episodic heavy drinking in four Nordic countries: a comparative survey

Mäkelä, Pia; Fonager, Kirsten; Hibell, Björn; Nordlund, Sturla; Sabroe, Svend; Simpura, Jussi

doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.2001.961115755.x

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“…Participants provided a rating on a scale from 0 “never” to 4 “daily or almost daily”. While the cutoff of 5 or more drinks is commonly used to mark heavy episodic drinking, others (e.g., Mäkelä et al, 2001) have used the cutoff of 6 or more drinks in one occasion.…”

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Anxiety sensitivity and hazardous drinking among persons living with HIV/AIDS: An examination of the role of emotion dysregulation

Paulus

Jardin

Bakhshaie

et al. 2016

Addictive Behaviors

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Hazardous drinking is prevalent among persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Anxiety sensitivity is a vulnerability factor that is highly associated with hazardous drinking among seronegatives, but has yet to be tested in PLWHA. Additionally, there is a need to examine potential mechanisms underlying associations of anxiety sensitivity and hazardous drinking. Emotion dysregulation is one potential construct that may explain the association between anxiety sensitivity and hazardous drinking. The current study examined emotion dysregulation as a potential explanatory variable between anxiety sensitivity and four, clinically significant alcohol-related outcomes among PLWHA: hazardous drinking, symptoms of alcohol dependence, number of days consuming alcohol within the past month, and degree of past heavy episodic drinking. The sample included 126 PLWHA (Mage=48.3; SD=7.5; 65.9% male). Results indicated significant indirect effects of anxiety sensitivity via emotion dysregulation in all models. Indirect effects (κ2) were of medium effect size. Alternative models were run reversing the predictor with mediator and, separately, reversing the mediator with the proposed outcome(s); alternative models yielded non-significant indirect effects in all but one case. Together, the current results indicate that anxiety sensitivity is associated emotion dysregulation, which, in turn, is associated with hazardous drinking outcomes. Overall, these findings may provide initial empirical evidence that emotion dysregulation may be a clinical intervention target for hazardous drinking.

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Anxiety sensitivity and hazardous drinking among persons living with HIV/AIDS: An examination of the role of emotion dysregulation

Paulus

Jardin

Bakhshaie

et al. 2016

Addictive Behaviors

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“…The same types of harm related to others' drinking were also included in a sum-score index of "nuisance from others' drinking" used in a comparative analysis of drinking habits and related harms in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) (Mäkelä et al, 1999). The authors found that cross-country variation in this nuisance index did not reflect varied consumption levels.…”

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“…The types of harm typically addressed in survey studies of AHTO are also fairly prevalent (i.e. past year prevalence rates typically in the range from 2-3% to 20-30%)(Moan et al, 2015;Mäkelä et al, 1999;Rossow & Hauge, 2004). In most cases, these types of harm are, when they occur as single or infrequent events, likely of little or modest importance for health and social well-being (e.g.…”

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Challenges in Estimating Population Impacts of Alcohol's Harm to others

Rossow

Ramstedt

2016

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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BACKGROUND -There is a renewed interest in alcohol's harm to others (AHTO), and survey studies in the general population are often used to estimate the extent of harm, to address the severity and variety of harms, and to identify the victims of such harm. While cross-sectional survey studies are attractive in several respects, they also entail several methodological challenges. AIM -We discuss some of these issues, paying particular attention to the problems of causal attribution, transferability, survey data collection and range of harms. CONCLUSIONS -We offer some suggestions for study design to enhance causal inferences from studies examining alcohol's harm to others.

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“…In Nordic countries, however, consuming six or more alcoholic units of one type of beverage on one drinking occasion is often used in research [1, 2]. It is also a threshold for risky drinking according to the National Institute of Health and Welfare in Finland [3].…”

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk of Binge Drinking and Drunkenness in Middle-Aged Finnish Men

Kauhanen

Leino

Lakka

et al. 2011

Advances in Preventive Medicine

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Objective. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between adverse childhood experiences and binge drinking and drunkenness in adulthood using both historical and recalled data from childhood. Methods. Data on childhood adverse experiences were collected from school health records and questionnaires completed in adulthood. Adulthood data were obtained from the baseline examinations of the male participants (n = 2682) in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD) in 1984–1989 from eastern Finland. School health records from the 1930s to 1950s were available for a subsample of KIHD men (n = 952). Results. According to the school health records, men who had adverse childhood experiences had a 1.51-fold (95% CI 1.05 to 2.18) age- and examination-year adjusted odds of binge drinking in adulthood. After adjustment for socioeconomic position in adulthood or behavioural factors in adulthood, the association remained unchanged. Adjustment for socioeconomic position in childhood attenuated these effects. Also the recalled data showed associations with adverse childhood experiences and binge drinking with different beverages. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that childhood adversities are associated with increased risk of binge drinking in adulthood.

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Episodic heavy drinking in four Nordic countries: a comparative survey

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Anxiety sensitivity and hazardous drinking among persons living with HIV/AIDS: An examination of the role of emotion dysregulation

Anxiety sensitivity and hazardous drinking among persons living with HIV/AIDS: An examination of the role of emotion dysregulation

Challenges in Estimating Population Impacts of Alcohol's Harm to others

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk of Binge Drinking and Drunkenness in Middle-Aged Finnish Men

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