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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.
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This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Ruichong Shuai and colleagues that explored how socioeconomic status might be related to alcohol dependence.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Video games often contain ‘adult’ content that may not be appropriate for younger players, such as gambling and alcohol, tobacco, and other substance use. Addiction & the Humanities explores the pervasiveness and portrayal of these themes within video games and discusses the implications they may have on stakeholders and consumers – including children and adolescents.
This week, Addiction & the Humanities looks at a portrayal of Gambling Disorder in Uncut Gems, a film that depicts the story of a New York City jewelry dealer who continues to gamble despite his increasing debt.
Depictions of tobacco use are on the rise in programming found on streaming platforms. This week, Addiction & the Humanities investigates smoking imagery in popular shows that attract young viewers, such as Netflix’s Stranger Things.