Hangover frequency and risk for alcohol use disorders: evidence from a longitudinal high-risk study.
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.
Piasecki
Thomas M
TM
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia and Midwest Alcholism Research Center, Columbia, MO 65211, US. piaseckit@missouri.edu
Sher
Kenneth J
KJ
Slutske
Wendy S
WS
Jackson
Kristina M
KM
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
D000431:Ethanol