Knowledge about the role of NA in drinking behavior has benefited from daily process studies in which participants provide regular reports of mood and drinking. Such studies have shown that both positive and negative moods show close temporal links to alcohol use [73]. One study [74] found evidence suggesting a feedback cycle of mood and drinking whereby elevated daily levels of NA predicted alcohol use, which in turn predicted spikes in NA. These findings were moderated by gender, social context, and time of week. Other studies have similarly found that relationships between daily events and/or mood and drinking can vary based on intraindividual or situational factors [73], suggesting dynamic interplay between these influences.
