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


ABSTRACT: To assess the effects of binge drinking on students' next-day academic test-taking performance.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.A total of 196 college students (>or=21 years) recruited from greater Boston.The trial was conducted at the General Clinical Research Center at the Boston Medical Center.The Graduate Record Examinations(c) (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.Test-taking performance was not affected on the morning after alcohol administration, but mood state and attention/reaction-time were affected.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.

SUBMITTER: Howland J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2859622 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Howland Jonathan J   Rohsenow Damaris J DJ   Greece Jacey A JA   Littlefield Caroline A CA   Almeida Alissa A   Heeren Timothy T   Winter Michael M   Bliss Caleb A CA   Hunt Sarah S   Hermos John J  

Addiction (Abingdon, England) 20100401 4


<h4>Aim</h4>To assess the effects of binge drinking on students' next-day academic test-taking performance.<h4>Design</h4>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.<h4>  ...[more]

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