Alcohol and Cannabis Use Predicted by Affect-Urgency Interactions in Everyday Life
In this paper, we show (once more) that, unlike some prior research claims, impulsivity traits DO NOT moderate affect-substance associations in EMA data.
Feb 1, 2026
Testing the robustness of daily associations of affect with alcohol and cannabis use
In this paper, we perform a Specification Curve Analysis to show that assocations between negative/positive affect and alcohol and cannabis use in EMA data are robust to hundreds of different specializations of the hypothesis.
Jan 1, 2026
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.
Oct 1, 2025
Within-Day Associations Between Affect and Intentions to Drink Alcohol in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Registered Report
In this paper, we explore one possibility why positive affect predicts alcohol use in daily life, which is that the associations is reversed (affect increases in anticipation of drinking). We found some evidence for this by looking at people's intentions to drink.
Apr 1, 2025
Value-Based Decision-Making in Daily Tobacco Smokers Following Experimental Manipulation of Mood
In this paper, we test whether mood affects evidence accumulation during value-based decision involving tobbaco-related/un-related stimuli in daily smokers (it does not).
Mar 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
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
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