@article{ref1,
title="Social facilitation of alcohol subjective effects in adolescents: associations with subsequent alcohol use",
journal="Psychopharmacology",
year="2021",
author="Leventhal, Adam M. and Pang, Raina D. and Barrington-Trimis, Jessica L. and Bae, Dayoung and Stone, Matthew D. and Cho, Junhan and Kirkpatrick, Matthew G.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="RATIONALE: Laboratory research in adults indicates that alcohol-related subjective effects are enhanced under some social conditions. However, it is unknown whether  this &quot;social facilitation&quot; of alcohol effects occurs in adolescents and is  associated with alcohol use in the natural ecology. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: We examined  associations of social facilitation of alcohol-related subjective effects with  subsequent alcohol use among a relatively high-risk group of adolescents who  reported drinking alcohol both with friends and alone. <br><br>METHODS: Los Angeles high  school students from a prospective study (N = 142; 51% female; 10th graders)  completed a baseline survey that assessed alcohol-related &quot;positive&quot; and &quot;negative&quot;  subjective effects in two contexts: social (alcohol with friends) and solitary  (alcohol alone); social facilitation was calculated as the difference between social  and solitary. Students then completed five semi-annual surveys spanning 30 months  (2014-2017) assessing 30-day alcohol use (days used, number of drinks, binge  drinking). <br><br>RESULTS: Greater social facilitation of positive effects was  significantly associated with greater number of alcohol use days (RR [95% CI] = 1.48  [1.19, 1.82]; p < .001), greater number of drinks (RR [95% CI] = 1.38 [1.14, 1.66];  p = .001), and greater odds of binge drinking (OR [95% CI] = 1.75 [1.20, 2.57];  p = .004). Similar associations were found with social positive effects. There were  no significant associations between solitary positive effects-or any negative  effects-and alcohol use outcomes. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Social facilitation can be measured  outside of the laboratory. Relatively high-risk drinking adolescents who are more  susceptible to the social facilitation of subjective alcohol effects are more likely  to use more alcohol and binge drink.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3158",
doi="10.1007/s00213-020-05740-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-020-05740-4"
}