The effects of binge drinking on college students' next-day academic test-taking performance and mood state

Autor: Caleb Bliss, Damaris J. Rohsenow, Timothy Heeren, Jacey Greece, Michael Winter, Jonathan Howland, Sarah K. Hunt, Caroline A. Littlefield, John A. Hermos, Alissa Almeida
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Addiction. 105:655-665
ISSN: 1360-0443
0965-2140
Popis: Aim To assess the effects of binge drinking on students' next‐day academic test‐taking performance. Design A placebo‐controlled cross‐over design with randomly assigned order of conditions. Participants were randomized to either alcoholic beverage [mean = 0.12 g% breath alcohol concentration (BrAC)] or placebo on the first night and then received the other beverage a week later. The next day, participants were assessed on test‐taking, neurocognitive performance and mood state. Participants A total of 196 college students (≥21 years) recruited from greater Boston. Setting The trial was conducted at the General Clinical Research Center at the Boston Medical Center. Measurements The Graduate Record Examinations© (GREs) and a quiz on a lecture presented the previous day measured test‐taking performance; the Neurobehavioral Evaluation System (NES3) and the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) measured neurocognitive performance; and the Profile of Mood States (POMS) measured mood. Findings Test‐taking performance was not affected on the morning after alcohol administration, but mood state and attention/reaction‐time were affected. Conclusion Drinking to a level of 0.12 g% BrAC does not affect next‐day test‐taking performance, but does affect some neurocognitive measures and mood state.
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