Exploratory analysis of blood alcohol concentration-related technology use and drinking outcomes among young adults.

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) technology use may reduce alcohol use and related negative consequences; however, little is known about its efficacy without prompting from researchers or pay-per-use. This exploratory analysis assessed relationships between mHealth technology use frequency and alcohol-use outcomes.

Methods: Young adults who drink heavily (N = 97, M = 23, 51% male, 64% non-Hispanic White, M = 21) had the option to use three mHealth technologies (breathalyzer device/app, blood alcohol content estimator app, drink counting via text message) while drinking for 2 weeks.

Mobile health intervention to address chronic pain among those who engage in hazardous drinking: A pilot study.

Background: Hazardous drinking has been associated with chronic pain in community and medical samples. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel, integrated mobile health intervention that improves pain management and reduces hazardous drinking that may be implemented in primary care settings.

Methods: Forty-eight participants with moderate or greater chronic pain and hazardous drinking were recruited from primary care clinics and through social media sites.

How executive functioning moderates the relation between implicit alcohol associations and heavy episodic drinking: The roles of planning and working memory.

Heavy episodic drinking (HED) is common among college students and poses risks for negative consequences. Evidence suggests that HED is more frequent among those with stronger implicit alcohol associations, and the impact of these implicit associations on drinking may be moderated by executive functioning. This study examined the role of two executive function components-working memory (WM) and planning-as moderators of implicit alcohol-approach associations and HED among college students who drink alcohol.

Relationships among Substance Use, Sociodemographics, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness and Related Attitudes among Young Adult Men Who Have Sex with Men.

Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for two-thirds of new HIV diagnoses. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a highly efficacious HIV preventive medication, is underutilized. Identifying correlates of PrEP awareness and attitudes may help increase PrEP use.

A combined laboratory and field test of a smartphone breath alcohol device and blood alcohol concentration estimator to facilitate moderate drinking among young adults.

Objective: Innovative strategies are needed to reduce young adult drinking. Real-time feedback via mobile health (mHealth) technology (e.g.

Working memory moderates the relation between implicit alcohol associations and heavy episodic drinking in moderate-to-heavy drinking men who have sex with men.

Introduction: Heavy episodic drinking poses a risk for HIV-infection, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM). Previous research suggests implicit associations may play a role in heavy episodic drinking and that various executive functions (EF) may moderate the relation between implicit associations and heavy episodic drinking. This study investigated the role of two EF - working memory (maintaining and updating information) and response inhibition (inhibiting prepotent responses) - as moderators of the relation between implicit alcohol approach associations and heavy episodic drinking among moderate-to-heavy drinking MSM.

Relationships among impulsive, addictive and sexual tendencies and behaviours: a systematic review of experimental and prospective studies in humans.

Impulsivity's relationships to addictive and sexual behaviours raise questions regarding the extent impulsivity may constitute a vulnerability factor for subsequent addictive and sexual behaviours and/or results from each of these. Here, we systematically reviewed empirical support for impulsivity as a precipitating factor or a consequence of addictive or sexual behaviours. We restricted ourselves to recent, human studies with assessments over time, including at least one measure of impulsivity, addictive and sexual behaviours, yielding a review including 29 published reports from 28 studies.