title: Acute effects of resistance exercise on affect, arousal, and urge to drink in temporarily abstinent young adult hazardous drinkers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Young adults frequently engage in hazardous alcohol consumption, and many meet the diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder. The urge to drink is a defining symptom of alcohol dependence, and it is closely tied to and exacerbated by negative affect. This study examined the acute effect of resistance exercise on affect, arousal, and drinking urges in young adult (ages 21-40) hazardous drinkers.
  
  
  METHODS
  On two separate occasions, 14 participants underwent an 18-hour alcohol abstinence before completing, in a counter-balanced manner, a 20-minute session of resistance exercise and a 20-minute video control.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant improvements in affect (t = 2.07, p = .04) and arousal (t = 4.09, p < .01), but not urge to drink, were found with exercise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single sessions of resistance exercise can positively alter affect and arousal during alcohol abstinence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Practical exercise interventions designed to alter affect and arousal could potentially alter drinking. (Am J Addict 2016;25:623-627).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ciccolo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Whitworth
authors.affiliation: Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Shira I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Dunsiger
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: SantaBarbara
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Sanaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nosrat
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Jordan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: LaBrec