@article{IR,
      author = {Simpson, Brooke and Morales, Angelica},
      url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43571},
      title = {Associations between risky decision making and alcohol use  in young adults},
      publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University},
      abstract = {Studies examining the association between laboratory-based  assessments of risk-taking propensity and alcohol use have  produced mixed results. Heterogeneity in the existing  literature may be attributable to variable definitions of  risk (e.g., conflating risk taking with learning) and lack  of nuanced assessments of patterns of responding (e.g.,  variability in risk taking). Nineteen participants (mean  age: 26.7, 12 female) completed the Automatic Balloon  Analogue Risk Task to assess risk taking behavior, where  they inflated a balloon to earn money, but lost their  earnings if the balloon exploded.  Our findings are  consistent with prior studies, showing a positive  association between risk taking and alcohol use, and  provide new information about how variability in risk  taking is linked to heavy alcohol with negative  consequences. Longitudinal and mechanistic studies are  needed to determine if risk taking is associated with  escalating patterns of alcohol use overtime and to identify  the biopsychosocial risk factors linked to individual  differences in risk-taking behavior.},
      number = {IR},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/bpxhc43571},
      recid = {43571},
      address = {2024},
}