Correlates and motives of pre-drinking with intoxication and harm around licensed venues in two cities Miller, Peter, Droste, Nic, de Groot, Florentine, Palmer, Darren, Tindall, Jennifer, Busija, Lucy, Hyder, Shannon, Gilham, Karen and Wiggers, John 2016, Correlates and motives of pre-drinking with intoxication and harm around licensed venues in two cities, Drug and alcohol review, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 177-186, doi: 10.1111/dar.12274. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Correlates and motives of pre-drinking with intoxication and harm around licensed venues in two cities Author(s) Miller, Peter orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-5437 Droste, Nic de Groot, Florentine orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-5239 Palmer, Darren orcid.org/0000-0001-6675-1155 Tindall, Jennifer Busija, Lucy Hyder, Shannon orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-3819 Gilham, Karen Wiggers, John Journal name Drug and alcohol review Volume number 35 Issue number 2 Start page 177 End page 186 Total pages 10 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016-03 ISSN 0959-5236 1465-3362 Keyword(s) aggression alcohol drinking alcoholic beverage alcoholic intoxication violence Summary INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The study investigates the prevalence of pre-drinking culture in the night-time economy (NTE) and its impact upon intoxication and alcohol-related harm and violence experienced by patrons. DESIGN AND METHODS: Cross-sectional surveys were conducted in and around licensed venues in Newcastle (NSW) and Geelong (Victoria) during peak trading hours (typically 9pm-1am). Participants completed a five minute structured interview which targeted: demographics, past and planned movements on the survey night, safety/experience of harm, and patron intoxication. 3949 people agreed to be interviewed, a response rate of 90.7%. Around half (54.9%) of interviewees were male and mean age was 24.4 years (SD = 5.8). RESULTS: 66.8% of participants reported pre-drinking prior to attending licensed venues. On a 1-10 scale measuring self-rated intoxication, pre-drinkers scored significantly higher compared to non pre-drinkers (P < 0.001). Compared to non-pre-drinkers, patrons who had consumed 6-10 standard pre-drinks were 1.5 times more likely to be involved in a violent incident in the past 12 months (OR = 1.50, 95%CI 1.03-2.19, P = 0.037) increasing to 1.8 times more likely for patrons who had 11-15 drinks (OR = 1.80, 95%CI 1.04-3.11 P = .036). Pre-drinking was also associated with both self-rated and observer-rated intoxication, as well as increased probability of illicit drug use. Amongst pre-drinkers, price was the most commonly reported motive for pre-drinking (51.8%). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 'Pre-drinking' was normal behaviour in the current sample and contributes significantly to the burden of harm and intoxication in the NTE. Price disparity between packaged vs. venue liquor is a key motivator for pre-drinking. Language eng DOI 10.1111/dar.12274 Field of Research 170113 Social and Community Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920414 Substance Abuse HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30074344 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health School of Psychology School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 13 Jul 2015, 14:43:26 EST Tue, 14 Jul 2015, 05:01:35 EST Tue, 14 Jul 2015, 06:07:08 EST Wed, 15 Jul 2015, 12:37:32 EST Wed, 15 Jul 2015, 12:42:58 EST Thu, 16 Jul 2015, 10:52:51 EST Tue, 14 Jun 2016, 10:53:36 EST Tue, 14 Jun 2016, 10:54:27 EST Tue, 12 Feb 2019, 11:11:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 23 times in TR Web of Science Cited 27 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 893 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Jul 2015, 14:43:26 EST