title: Hangover frequency and risk for alcohol use disorders: evidence from a longitudinal high-risk study.
abstract: Data from a prospective high-risk study (N=489; 51% with a family history of alcoholism) were used to test whether family history is associated with greater hangover proneness and whether hangover is a risk factor for alcohol use disorders. Hangover was more frequent in family-history-positive participants during the college years. Persons with an alcohol diagnosis showed excess hangover before earning a diagnosis. Year 1 hangover predicted alcohol use disorders at Years 7 and 11, even when family history, sex, Year 1 diagnoses, and Year 1 drinking were statistically controlled. Several nonhangover drinking symptoms failed to predict later diagnoses. Taken together, the findings suggest a need for further research and theory on the role of hangover in the etiology of drinking problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia and Midwest Alcholism Research Center, Columbia, MO 65211, US. piaseckit@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Piasecki
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.forename: Wendy S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Slutske
authors.forename: Kristina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol