@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol mixed with energy drinks: expectancies of use and alcohol-related negative consequences among a young adult sample",
journal="Addictive behaviors reports",
year="2020",
author="Powers, Gregory and Berger, Lisa",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e100292-e100292",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Energy drinks are a popular mixer with alcohol among college-aged young  adults. Few studies to date have examined the relationships between expectancies of  alcohol mixed with energy drink (AmED) use, AmED use and AmED-related negative  consequences. <br><br>METHODS: Eighty college-aged young adults were surveyed regarding  their alcohol and AmED use, related negative consequences and AmED expectancies. Associations were assessed using chi-square tests and Cramér's V. A simple  mediational model also was used to explore the potential relationships between AmED  expectancies, AmED use and AmED-related negative consequences. <br><br>RESULTS: AmED use was  associated with more types of related negative consequences than heavy alcohol use  alone, and where AmED use and heavy alcohol use were mutually associated with a  related negative consequence, the strength of association was stronger for AmED use. While several AmED-related negative consequences were associated with AmED  expectancies, unwanted sexual contact and getting into a verbal argument were  associated with the greatest number of expectancies. The mediational model  identified a statistically significant indirect effect of AmED expectancies on  AmED-related negative consequences mediated by AmED use. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The study  results contribute to the evidence that AmED use may confer additional risk for  related negative consequences beyond heavy alcohol use and suggest that AmED  expectancies may have a role in AmED use, which, in turn, is associated with  AmED-related negative consequences. AmED expectancies may be targets for  intervention to reduce AmED use considering the possible subsequent related negative  consequences, especially those involving negative interpersonal experiences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-8532",
doi="10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100292",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100292"
}