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The DRAM, Vol. 18(9) - To plan or not to plan: Motives and contexts for planned and unplanned drinking among college students

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Angela Stevens and colleagues that explored college students’ motives, social contexts, and physical contexts for unplanned and planned drinking. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(8) - A pathway from socioeconomic deprivation to alcohol dependence

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Ruichong Shuai and colleagues that explored how socioeconomic status might be related to alcohol dependence. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(7) - Parental alcohol use and its impact on children

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Raquel Mondragón Gómez and colleagues that assessed whether parental drinking puts students at greater risk for binge drinking and developing alcohol dependence. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(6) – Alcoholics Anonymous attendance across sexual orientations

This week, as we approach Pride Month, the DRAM reviews a study by Briana L. McGeough and colleagues that examined rates and predictors of Alcoholics Anonymous attendance across sexual orientations. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(5) - Pre-drinking might save money, but it can come at a cost

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Mariana G. R. Santos and colleagues that compared the pre-drinking practices and associated harms among university students in Brazil and the UK. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(4) - Children’s developing understanding of situational drinking norms

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Megan Cook and colleagues that explored possible sex differences in young children’s developing understanding of situational drinking norms. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(3) - I’m in that class too: A Latent Class Analysis of college students’ drinking game consequences

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Dennis Hoyer and Christopher Correia that examined whether distinct groups of drinkers could be identified based on the consequences of their participation in drinking games. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(2) - ACEs and alcohol use: Predictors of intimate partner violence among Black men

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Kerry A. Lee and colleagues that examined the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), alcohol use in adulthood, and their effect on intimate partner violence perpetration among Black men in the United States. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 18(1) – Planning vs. doing: Intended and actual use of alcohol-related protective behavioral strategies among college students

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Anne M. Fairlie and colleagues that examined the extent to which college students’ plans for using different types of alcohol-related protective behavioral strategies were associated with actual protective behavioral strategy use. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 17(13) - Home life in the balance: Drinking and work-family conflict

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Sandra Kuntsche and Emmanuel Kuntsche that examined the association between work-family conflict, coping motives, and alcohol use among parents of preschoolers in Switzerland. Read more →