University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Psychology, United States.
University of Louisville, Department of Counseling and Human Development, United States; University of Louisville, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, United States.
Addict Behav. 2023 Aug;143:107672. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107672. Epub 2023 Feb 27.
Research has identified social anxiety as a risk factor for the development of alcohol use disorder. However, studies have produced equivocal findings regarding the relationship between social anxiety and drinking behaviors in authentic drinking environments. This study examined how social-contextual features of real-world drinking contexts might influence the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol consumption in everyday settings. At an initial laboratory visit, heavy social drinkers (N = 48) completed the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. Participants were then outfitted with a transdermal alcohol monitor individually-calibrated for each participant via laboratory alcohol-administration. Over the next seven days, participants wore this transdermal alcohol monitor and responded to random survey prompts (6x/day), during which they provided photographs of their surroundings. Participants then reported on their levels of social familiarity with individuals visible in photographs. Multilevel models indicated a significant interaction between social anxiety and social familiarity in predicting drinking, b = -0.004, p =.003 Specifically, among participants higher in social anxiety, drinking increased as social familiarity decreased b = -0.152, p <.001, whereas among those lower in social anxiety, this relationship was non-significant, b = 0.007, p =.867. Considered alongside prior research, findings suggest that the presence of strangers within a given environment may play a role in the drinking behavior of socially anxious individuals.
研究已经确定社交焦虑是发展为酒精使用障碍的一个风险因素。然而，关于社交焦虑与真实饮酒环境中饮酒行为之间的关系，研究结果存在分歧。本研究探讨了现实饮酒环境中的社会环境特征如何影响日常环境中社交焦虑与饮酒之间的关系。在最初的实验室访问中，大量饮酒者（N=48）完成了 Liebowitz 社交焦虑量表。然后，参与者被配备了一个经实验室酒精给药为每个参与者单独校准的透皮酒精监测器。在接下来的七天里，参与者佩戴这个透皮酒精监测器，并对随机调查提示做出回应（每天 6 次），在此期间，他们提供了周围环境的照片。然后，参与者报告了他们对照片中可见个人的社会熟悉程度。多层次模型表明，在预测饮酒方面，社交焦虑和社会熟悉度之间存在显著的交互作用，b=-0.004，p=.003 具体来说，在社交焦虑程度较高的参与者中，随着社会熟悉度的降低，饮酒量增加，b=-0.152，p<.001，而在社交焦虑程度较低的参与者中，这种关系则不显著，b=0.007，p=.867。考虑到之前的研究，研究结果表明，在特定环境中陌生人的存在可能会影响社交焦虑个体的饮酒行为。
