APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Adolescent Executive Cognitive Functioning and Impulsivity as Predictors of Young-Adult Risky Drinking and Alcohol-Related Problems

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Connor Jones
    Arizona State University, Tempe
  • Madeline Meier
    Arizona State University, Tempe
  • Laurie Chassin
    Arizona State University

Abstract

This study found that executive cognitive functioning (ECF) prospectively predicted maximum drinks in a day after accounting for impulsivity and other covariates. However, ECF did not predict other alcohol outcomes. In contrast, impulsivity prospectively predicted maximum drinks in a day, episodic heavy drinking, and alcohol-related problems after controlling for ECF.

Addiction

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