Stopped: Does not align with current administration priorities.
The proposed study uses an experimental design to establish causal support for the role of internalized stress, pertaining to uncertainty with regard to one's sexual orientation, in contributing to heavy drinking behavior. Following exposure to internalized sexual stigma, physiological and psychological stress responses are expected to increase alcohol consumption in adults who are uncertain about their sexual orientation, especially among females, and following consumption, the physiological effects of ethanol and beliefs about the effects of alcohol are expected to alter relations between exposure to sexual stigma and the alleviation of psychological distress. Showing that physiological stress responses, whether driven by the pharmacological effects of ethanol or expectancies regarding its effects, can account for known alcohol-use disparities, particularly in bisexual/bi+ communities, would contribute a great deal to knowledge on the biology of addiction and inform subsequent interventions that seek to regulate stress reactivity.
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Beverage Consumption (in mL)
Timeframe: 35 minutes
Psychological Distress
Timeframe: Five repeated assessments, at 15-minute intervals, in lab session, immediately following beverage consumption, until study completion (BrAC < .02%, an average of 60 minutes following consumption).
Salivary Stress Response
Timeframe: Baseline (following consent procedures) = Time 0; 2nd Collection: 25 minutes after Time 0; 3rd collection: 55 minutes after Time 0; 4th collection: 85 minutes after Time 0; 5th collection: 115 minutes after Time 0.