Who pre-drinks before a night out and why? Socioeconomic status and motives behind young people’s pre-drinking in the United Kingdom

Østergaard, Jeanette; Andrade, Stefan Bastholm

doi:10.3109/14659891.2013.784368

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“…However even where financial reasons were noted as the main driver for pre-loading, the responses suggested that respondents needed to reach a certain level of intoxication to enhance their mood to improve the night out. These findings are in line with previous studies (Atkinson & Sumnall, 2017;Barton & Kerryn, 2014;Østergaard & Andrade, 2014;Wells et al, 2009) in suggesting financial and mood related motivations for pre-loading. There were no differences between those who pre-loaded for financial or mood related reasons in our sample on the social anxiety, public and private self-consciousness measures.…”

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“…Gender differences are often observed in pre-loading behaviours in the UK. Lower earning males may be motivated to pre-drink to reach the required levels of intoxication to participate fully in a night out, whereas females in all earnings categories are likely to see pre-drinking as an important part of the night out, and not just as a precursor (Østergaard & Andrade, 2014). A qualitative study further revealed that pre-loading served to promote social connections for young women (Atkinson & Sumnall, 2017).…”

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Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and drinking harms among university students

Davies

Paltoglou

2019

Substance Use & Misuse

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Acknowledgements:We are grateful to the participants for giving up their time and to Sarah Hennelly for collecting the data. Funding: This project was funded by the Oxford Brookes University Central Research Fund. Word count: 4989 Statement of contribution: ED conceived the study, developed the measures, and analysed the open ended questions. AP searched for literature and drafted sections of the introduction and results. ED and AP jointly analysed the data and together wrote manuscript drafts and agreed on the final version of the manuscript. Conflicts of interest:The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Biographies:Emma L Davies is a senior lecturer in psychology at Oxford Brookes University.Aspasia E Paltoglou is a lecturer in psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University.Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and student drinking Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and drinking harms among university students ABSTRACT Background: Social anxiety and self-consciousness are associated with alcohol-related problems in students. The practice of pre-loading is one avenue for exploration regarding this relationship. Individuals may pre-load to reduce social anxiety and feel more confident when socialising, which could lead to the increased harms experienced. The current study aimed to explore reasons for pre-loading, and whether public and private self-consciousness and social anxiety were related to pre-loading, increased drinking and harms. Method:Prospective study with four-week follow up of 325 UK students aged 18-30 years old.Participants completed measures of private and public self-consciousness, social anxiety, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related harms and pre-loading.Results: Financial motives and mood-related reasons, such as gaining confidence were reported as reasons for pre-loading. Pre-loading predicted hazardous alcohol consumption, but social anxiety, and public and private self-consciousness did not. However, pre-loading, public selfconsciousness and social anxiety predicted alcohol-related harms. Furthermore, public selfconsciousness mediated the relationship between pre-loading and harms in a positive direction and this appeared to be more relevant in high risk (AUDIT 8+) than low risk drinkers. Conclusion:Students who scored higher in public self-consciousness appeared to be at greater risk of harms from pre-loading. Further research should examine this relationship further with particular attention to high risk drinkers, and explore which aspects of a night out are related to heightened self-consciousness. Interventions could incorporate measures to reduce public selfconsciousness, in order to reduce the negative impacts of pre-loading.Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and student drinking Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and drinking harms among university students

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Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and drinking harms among university students

Davies

Paltoglou

2019

Substance Use & Misuse

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“…This definition assumes that pre-drinking is primarily driven by young adults' motives to save money and was confirmed in a recent UK study, conducted by the authors [5]. It showed that if young males' pre-drinking motive was to save money and if they had a low income, they would pre-drink more alcohol before a night out.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…As previously mentioned, we used the same method to research the predrinking phenomenon in the UK [5] and in the following we will compare the findings. In the UK study, we found that 60% of young adults aged 18-35 years pre-drank and consumed an average of 9 units prior to going out.…”

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Who are the young adult Danish pre-drinkers, and why do they pre-drink before a night out?

Østergaard

Andrade

2014

Scand J Public Health

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“…Young people also "preload" with cheaper supermarket alcohol before going out (Ostergaard and Andrade 2013).…”

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Identifying the Key Sociocultural Influences on Drinking Behavior in High and Moderate Binge-Drinking Countries and the Public Policy Implications

Hogan

Perks

Russell‐Bennett

2014

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

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Who pre-drinks before a night out and why? Socioeconomic status and motives behind young people’s pre-drinking in the United Kingdom

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Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and drinking harms among university students

Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and drinking harms among university students

Who are the young adult Danish pre-drinkers, and why do they pre-drink before a night out?

Identifying the Key Sociocultural Influences on Drinking Behavior in High and Moderate Binge-Drinking Countries and the Public Policy Implications

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