TY - JOUR
T1 - Temporal mood changes associated with different levels of adolescent drinking: using mobile phones and experience sampling methods to explore motivations for adolescent alcohol use
AU - Crooke, Alexander
AU - Reid, Sophie C
AU - Kauer, Sylvia D
AU - McKenzie, Dean Philip
AU - Hearps, Stephen S J C
AU - Khor, Angela Stewart
AU - Forbes, Andrew Benjamin
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Alcohol use during adolescence is associated with the onset of alcohol use disorders, mental health
disorders, substance abuse as well as socially and physically damaging behaviours, the effects of which last well into adulthood.
Nevertheless, alcohol use remains prevalent in this population. Understanding motivations behind adolescent alcohol consumption
may help in developing more appropriate and effective interventions. This study aims to increase this understanding by
exploring the temporal relationship between mood and different levels of alcohol intake in a sample of young people. Design
and Methods. Forty-one secondary school students used a purpose-designed mobile phone application to monitor their daily
mood and alcohol use for 20 random days within a 31 day period. Generalised estimating equations were used to examine the
relationship between differing levels of alcohol consumption (light, intermediate and heavy) and positive and negative mood
three days before and after drinking episodes. Results. While there was no relationship between light and heavy drinking and
positive mood, there was an increase in positive mood before and after the drinking event for those that drank intermediate
amounts.No statistically significant relationships were found between negative mood and any of the three drinking categories.
Discussion and Conclusion. Adolescents who drank in intermediate amounts on a single drinking occasion experienced
an increase in positive mood over the three days leading up to and three days following a drinking event. These findings
contribute to an understanding of the motivations that underpin adolescent alcohol use, which may help inform future
interventions. [Crooke AH, Reid SC, Kauer SD, McKenzie DP, Hearps SJC, Khor AS, Forbes AB. Temporal mood
changes associated with different levels of adolescent drinking: Using mobile phones and experience sampling
methods to explore motivations for adolescent alcoh
AB - Alcohol use during adolescence is associated with the onset of alcohol use disorders, mental health
disorders, substance abuse as well as socially and physically damaging behaviours, the effects of which last well into adulthood.
Nevertheless, alcohol use remains prevalent in this population. Understanding motivations behind adolescent alcohol consumption
may help in developing more appropriate and effective interventions. This study aims to increase this understanding by
exploring the temporal relationship between mood and different levels of alcohol intake in a sample of young people. Design
and Methods. Forty-one secondary school students used a purpose-designed mobile phone application to monitor their daily
mood and alcohol use for 20 random days within a 31 day period. Generalised estimating equations were used to examine the
relationship between differing levels of alcohol consumption (light, intermediate and heavy) and positive and negative mood
three days before and after drinking episodes. Results. While there was no relationship between light and heavy drinking and
positive mood, there was an increase in positive mood before and after the drinking event for those that drank intermediate
amounts.No statistically significant relationships were found between negative mood and any of the three drinking categories.
Discussion and Conclusion. Adolescents who drank in intermediate amounts on a single drinking occasion experienced
an increase in positive mood over the three days leading up to and three days following a drinking event. These findings
contribute to an understanding of the motivations that underpin adolescent alcohol use, which may help inform future
interventions. [Crooke AH, Reid SC, Kauer SD, McKenzie DP, Hearps SJC, Khor AS, Forbes AB. Temporal mood
changes associated with different levels of adolescent drinking: Using mobile phones and experience sampling
methods to explore motivations for adolescent alcoh
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12034/pdf
U2 - 10.1111/dar.12034
DO - 10.1111/dar.12034
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-5236
VL - 32
SP - 262
EP - 268
JO - Drug and Alcohol Review
JF - Drug and Alcohol Review
IS - 3
ER -