@article{ref1,
title="Women who pre-game: a study of stress and alcohol use in female collegiate predrinkers",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2023",
author="Ceballos, Natalie and Perrotte, Jessica and Sharma, Shobhit and Awofisayo, Oluwaseun and Callaway, Danielle and Gordon, Amanda and Graham, Reiko",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: This study examined the relationship between stress and pre-gaming (i.e., drinking prior to going out to an event) in female college students. <br><br>METHODS: Thirty-four female college students were grouped as pre-gamers or non-pre-gamers based on self-reported drinking patterns. They completed surveys about alcohol use and mental health and provided a set of salivary cortisol samples upon waking, 30 min later, and at 10am on the same day. <br><br>RESULTS: Pre-gamers and non-pre-gamers did not differ on demographics or psychosocial variables. Pre-gamers reported riskier drinking overall and had greater endorsement of social, coping, and enhancement drinking motives. Pre-gamers also had lower cortisol levels 30 min after waking and exhibited attenuated CAR. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Female collegiate pre-gamers may differ from their peers not only in terms of alcohol consumption and drinking motives, but also on attenuated CAR, a physiological biomarker associated with stress dysregulation and vulnerability to addictive behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2023.2245499",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2023.2245499"
}