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Fairbairn, Catharine E Venerable, III, Walter James 2020-03-02T22:12:10Z 2020-03-02T22:12:10Z 2022-03-04T10:15:12Z 2019-11-04 2019-12 Theories of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) have long suggested that alcohol's emotional rewards play a key role in reinforcing problematic drinking. Studies employing survey methods, in which participants recall and aggregate their experiences with alcohol in a single questionnaire, indicate that self-reported expectancies and motivations surrounding alcohol’s emotional rewards predict problematic drinking trajectories over time. But, to date, no longitudinal research has directly assessed participants’ emotional responses to alcohol as a predictor of drinking outcomes. The current study combines laboratory alcohol-administration, ambulatory methods, and longitudinal follow-ups to assess whether alcohol’s ability to enhance positive mood and relieve negative mood predicts later drinking problems. Sixty heavy social drinkers (50% female) participated in laboratory-based alcohol-administration, attending both alcohol (target BAC .08%) and no-alcohol laboratory sessions. Forty-eight of these participants also wore transdermal alcohol monitors—calibrated for each participant via laboratory alcohol-administration—and completed mood surveys outside the laboratory for 7-days. Participants reported on their drinking at 18-month follow-up (90% compliance). Controlling for baseline drinking, greater negative mood relief from alcohol at baseline predicted more drinking problems at follow-up, an effect that emerged as consistent across methods capturing alcohol’s emotional rewards in the laboratory, b=-.23, p=.03, as well as via ambulatory methods, b=-1.81, p=.02. Greater positive mood enhancement from alcohol, captured via laboratory methods, also predicted drinking problems, b=.17, p=.01, and binge drinking, b= 2.04, p=.01, at follow-up. Models examining drinking frequency/quantity were non-significant. Results provide initial support for emotional reward as a potential factor in the development of problematic drinking. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2021-12-01 The student, Walter Venerable, III, accepted the attached license on 2019-10-24 at 14:49. The student, Walter Venerable, III, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-10-24 at 14:53. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2019-11-04 at 15:52. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #14488 on 2020-02-28 at 17:21:02 Made available in DSpace on 2020-03-02T22:12:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 VENERABLEIII-THESIS-2019.pdf: 339811 bytes, checksum: 7829a2edc9ccb5d2b9ad09e1badc5275 (MD5) VENERABLEIII-THESIS-2019.docx: 292740 bytes, checksum: 8807a28c430fb323f9dc178ae59c47d7 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4213 bytes, checksum: 8ef016cb34b7747ace58e59f22a67967 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019-11-04 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 113864 Lift date: 2022-03-02T22:12:26Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 113864 Lift date: 2022-03-02T22:15:21Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 113864 Lift date: 2022-03-02T22:18:25Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited Restriction set for Item 113864 on 2020-03-04T16:29:40Z with date 2022-03-04 by fschaef2@illinois.edu. Limited Restriction set for Item 113864 on 2020-03-04T16:29:43Z with date 2022-03-04 by fschaef2@illinois.edu. Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 113864 on 2022-03-04T10:15:12Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106323 en Copyright 2019 Walter Venerable, III Alcohol Emotion Longitudinal Laboratory Ambulatory A multimodal, longitudinal investigation of alcohol’s emotional rewards and alcohol consumption over time in young adults text text Psychology Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.