{"doi":"10.1080/07448481.2020.1817036","title":"Alcohol mixed energy drink usage and risk-taking among college students in Western New York State","abstract":"Alcohol mixed energy drinks (AmED) may promote excessive alcohol intake and risk-taking among college students. Objective: To understand the relationship between AmED use and risky behavior as well as attitudes and motivations for AmED use. Participants: Undergraduate college students N = 422 (Study 1), N = 37 (Study 2). Methods: Using a mixed-methods approach, we first surveyed undergraduate students about their AmED and alcohol consumption and a series of risk behaviors, self-efficacy, and beliefs (Study 1). We then conducted focus groups within the same population to better understand attitudes, knowledge, and motivations for using AmED (Study 2). Results: Recent AmED use was significantly associated with an increased number of reported binge drinking occasions and self-reported driving while intoxicated events. Our qualitative data analyses revealed two major themes associated with AmED consumption: factors encouraging AmED use and decisions about driving while under the influence of alcohol. Conclusions: These findings add to the literature of beliefs and motivations for AmED use among college students.","journal":"Journal of American College Health","year":2020,"id":110642,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":6,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9629,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2020-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":526590,"name":"Lucia A. Leone","orcid":"0000-0002-3775-336X","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":526591,"name":"Heather Orom","orcid":"0000-0002-0147-8378","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":526592,"name":"Amanda M. Ziegler","orcid":"0000-0001-8052-0134","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":505096,"name":"Amanda K. Crandall","orcid":"0000-0003-1704-7772","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":526593,"name":"Lynne Klasko-Foster","orcid":"0000-0002-2607-7351","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":505097,"name":"Jennifer L. Temple","orcid":"0000-0002-1670-1501","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":526589,"name":"Adam Graczyk","orcid":"0000-0003-1803-9811","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":85,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-18T23:13:01.914939Z","pmid":"33048628","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}