Affect Regulation

How people decide to consume (more) alcohol when feeling stressed
How people decide to consume (more) alcohol when feeling stressed

In this paper, we test the affect regulation hypothesis from a value-based decision-making perspective in the laboratory.

Jan 1, 2025

An experimental investigation into the effect of negative affect on the behavioral economic demand for alcohol

In this 2-week-long experiment, we found conflicting evidence whether negative mood affects the subjective value of alcohol.

Jun 1, 2024

Modeling the value-based decision to consume alcohol in response to emotional experiences

In this experiment, participatings who regularly consume alcohol valued food less but did not value alcohol more following a negative mood manipulation.

Oct 1, 2023

The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data

This study meta-analyzed individual participant data from 12,394 individuals across 69 studies in which participants reported their emotional state and alcohol use for multiple days. Contrary to theoretical models of alcohol use, the findings indicated that people are not more likely to drink and do not consume more alcohol on days that they report higher negative affect but are more likely to drink on days that they report higher positive affect.

Jul 1, 2023

Exploring associations between affect and marijuana use in everyday life via specification curve analysis
Exploring associations between affect and marijuana use in everyday life via specification curve analysis

We show via Specification Curve Analysis across hundreds of models that there is little evidence for affect regulation of cannabis in regularly using young adults.

May 1, 2023

A meta-analysis on the affect regulation function of real-time self-injurious thoughts and behaviours

This individual participant data meta-analysis shows evidence for affect regulation of NSSI in everyday life.

Apr 1, 2022

No evidence for trait- and state-level urgency moderating the daily association between negative affect and subsequent alcohol use in two college samples

In this EMA study, we show that the negative affect-alcohol use association is not moderated by urgency in EMA data.

Feb 1, 2022