"Testing Affect Regulation Models of Drinking Prior to and After Drinking Initiation Using Ecological Momentary Assessment": Correction.

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Reports an error in "Testing affect regulation models of drinking prior to and after drinking initiation using ecological momentary assessment" by Jimikaye B. Courtney and Michael A. Russell (, 2021[Aug], Vol 35[5], 597-608). In the article "Testing Affect Regulation Models of Drinking Prior to and After Drinking Initiation Using Ecological Momentary Assessment" by Jimikaye B. Courtney and Michael A. Russell (Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2021, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 597-608. https://doi.org/10.1037/ adb0000763), the authors discovered a slight issue in the analytical code, which required changes to the abstract, Public Health Significant Statement, Research Questions 1 and 2 in the Results section, Table 3, and the first two paragraphs of the Discussion section. All versions of this article have been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2021-57513-001.) Objective: Affect regulation models of drinking state that affect motivates and reinforces drinking. Few studies have been able to elucidate the timing of these associations in natural settings. We tested positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) as predictors of drinking behavior, both prior to and during drinking episodes, and whether drinking predicted changes in affect during episodes.

METHOD

Two hundred twenty-two regularly drinking young adults (21-29 years, 84% undergraduates), completed an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) protocol for five consecutive 24-hr periods stretching across 6 days (Wednesday-Monday). Participants provided PA and NA reports three times daily and every half hour during drinking episodes. Alcohol consumption reports were provided each morning and every half hour during drinking episodes.

RESULTS

Multi-level models showed that greater pre-drinking PA predicted higher odds of drinking, but not number of drinks consumed. Pre-drinking NA did not predict same day odds of drinking or drinks consumed. Episode-level results revealed different associations for PA and NA with drinking. Current PA did not predict drinks consumed over the next half hour; however, increased drinking was associated with greater increases in PA over the next half hour. Higher NA predicted fewer drinks consumed in the next half hour and higher odds of the end of a drinking episode; however, increased drinking was not associated with changes in NA.

CONCLUSIONS

PA increased following drinking during episodes. Our results suggest that a focus on PA prior to episodes and a focus on NA during episodes may interrupt processes leading to heavy drinking, and may therefore aid prevention efforts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).