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
The influence of drinking consequences on alcohol expectancy likelihoods and valences: an item-level multi-level approach
We show via Bayesian cross-classified models that young adults judge alcohol consequences to be more positively valenced the more often they experience them.
Oct 1, 2024
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
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