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 …

While self-medication and positive and negative reinforcement models of alcohol use
suggest that there is an association between daily affect and alcohol consumption, findings …

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 …

Background and aims Transdermal alcohol sensors carry immense promise for the
continuous assessment of drinking but are inconsistent in detecting more fine‐grained …

Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related lockdown provided an opportunity to
examine the relationship between affect and alcohol consumption in a historically unique …

Background: Emerging adulthood is a critical period for the onset of both mental health
disorders and problematic alcohol use. Coping strategies can play an important role in …

Objective Little is known about whether level of affective arousal (ie, high vs. low) is
associated with alcohol use and whether this relationship differs by valence (ie, positive vs …

Objective: Previous research has found that momentary positive affect precedes alcohol use,
whereas results have been more mixed for negative affect. Method: This study replicates …

Objective: The present study examined daily associations between mental health symptoms
(ie, depression and anxiety symptoms) and simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use …

Objective: Emotions play a critical role in health risk behaviors, including substance use.
However, current research often focuses exclusively on average levels of positive and …