Independent and combined associations of risky single-occasion drinking and drinking volume with alcohol use disorder: Evidence from a sample of young Swiss men

Abstract

Aims. Risky single-occasion drinking (RSOD) is a prevalent and potentially harmful alcohol use pattern associated with increased alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, RSOD is commonly associated with a higher level of alcohol intake, and most studies have not controlled for drinking volume (DV). Thus, it is unclear whether the findings provide information about RSOD or DV. This study sought to investigate the independent and combined effects of RSOD and DV on AUD. Results. DV, RSOD, and their interaction were significantly related to the number of AUD criteria. The slope of the interaction was steeper for non/rare RSOD than for frequent RSOD.Conclusions. RSOD appears to be a harmful pattern of drinking, associated with increased AUD and it moderated the relationship between DV and AUD. This study highlighted the importance of taking drinking patterns into account, for both research and public health planning, since RSO drinkers constitute a vulnerable subgroup for AUD.

What is binge drinking? Insights from a network perspective

“…This result is likewise supported by the observed associations between being drunk and dysfunction/harm components (see Figure 1). The only component not related to drunkenness was "morning drinking", which is consistent with the assumption that binge drinking is not an indicator of severe alcohol use disorder (Baggio, Dupuis, Iglesias, & Daeppen, 2015;Rolland & Naassila, 2017) and contributes to counter previous concerns regarding the lack of construct validity of binge drinking definitions and the doubts related to its distinction from other excessive consumption patterns (Pearson et al, 2016). Specifically, regarding dysfunction/harm components, the inability to remember what happened during drinking episodes was identified as both a bridge item and a central node.…”

Drinking Motives As Mediators of the Associations between Reinforcement Sensitivity and Alcohol Misuse and Problems

“…Taken together, the differential associations of BIS with RSOD and AUD suggest that BIS constitutes a protective factor for RSOD and risk factor for AUD. The negative direct association and the positive indirect associations of BIS with RSOD may reflect the fact that RSOD is associated with short-term consequences but also with more long-term problems such as AUD (Knight et al, 2002 ; Baggio et al, 2015 ), whereas AUD reflects more long-term problems only.…”

“…The most common negative consequences of RSOD include the acute physiological and behavioral effects of excessive alcohol use such as blackouts, regretted actions, violence, accidents, or injuries (Wechsler et al, 1994 ; Daeppen et al, 2005 ; Kuntsche and Gmel, 2013 ). Although, RSOD and AUD are related (Knight et al, 2002 ; Baggio et al, 2015 ), they are not the same. The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fifth edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013 ) defines AUD as a problematic pattern of using alcohol that results in impairment in daily life or noticeable distress.…”

Construct and Concurrent Validity of two Scales Designed to Measure Reinforcement Sensitivity

“…In fact, they caution BIS/BAS scales' potential users about the use of the scales in racially diverse samples. Baggio, Dupuis, Iglesias, and Daeppen (2015) assessed the factor structure of French and German language versions of the BIS/BAS scales in the Swiss population. None of the proposed factor structures for the BIS/BAS (2, 4 or 5 factors) met the minimum standards of model fit.…”