Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to
the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary …

Over the past 20 years, ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has become a vital part of
the methods repertoire used to study personality pathology. This is because EMA facilitates …

Background and aims Alcohol use disorder is comorbid with numerous other forms of
psychopathology, including externalizing disorders (eg conduct disorder) and, to a lesser …

Affective functioning is central to most contemporary models of alcohol use. However, the
affective structure at the within-and between-person levels is rarely investigated nor is the …

Day-level drinking motives are associated with intensity of drinking and occurrence of
negative consequences. However, little is known about how day-level drinking motives …

Background A growing literature documents associations between lower trait empathy and
heavier alcohol use and more alcohol problems in adolescent and young adult samples …

Aims Alcohol expectancies are directly linked to alcohol misuse and indirectly linked to
negative consequences via use. Likewise, willingness to experience negative …

Objective: Decades of research has found support for the motivational model of alcohol use
at the between-person level, yet research on event-level drinking motives is in its nascent …

Although frequently hypothesized, the evidence for associations between affect and
marijuana use in everyday life remains ambiguous. Inconsistent findings across existing …

Within-person variability in affect (eg, Neuroticism) and personality have been linked to well-
being. These are measured either by asking people to report how variable they are or to …